Beep beep

At home it takes a lot for me to beep my horn, but here in East Timor, it's a little different. Honking your horn is part of everyday life, in fact its a big part of everyday life. On my 5 minute ride to work I beep my horn at least a couple of times - it is strange if I don't get at least one in during the morning. It's taken me a while to work out what the beep can mean, but really, the list of meaning is endless...here are just a few that I've figured out...

• Hey there, how are you?
• Hi!
• Just letting you know I’m here
• You’ve got white skin and I think that’s weird
• Just wanted you to know that I can see you
• Goats, seriously, I would move if I were you, otherwise you’ll be road kill bibi
• I’m going to overtake you
• You might think I’m going to move over but I’m just going to continue hogging the road until you are forced to drive into the scrub…ha ha ha, I made you drive into the scrub
• Just felt like honking my horn
• Look out dog, I’m coming through whether you move or not
• Thanks for letting me overtake you
• You beeped, so now I'm beeping. Nice teamwork!
• Nice day, isn’t it? I hope you have a good one!
• Look out I’m coming around the blind corner
• See you next time
• Get out of my way you bloody idiot
• Oops, I accidentally hit my horn but nice to see you anyway
• Yay for life!
• I’m not quite sure why I’m doing this, it just seems to be the right thing to do. Isn’t it fun?