they are back!
Potholes! Lots of potholes and much more dodging with them! I face them after roughly two and a half years. Ofcourse, I had a brief period of their encounter last summer but they are back again to haunt me forever. I thought I would never find them in the States but I guess I was wrong. And yes, there are differences between potholes from, back on the streets of Mumbai, to the curvy roads of Durham-Morrisville. Here, the potholes are much deeper but smaller, ruin your car suspension by those deep impacts and a big pain in the ass. Back in Mumbai, the potholes were larger (so you basically can't avoid them), shallower and since the Indian cars were not comfy anyway, so it did not much matter what your car is going through. There is a protocol that car owners follow for avoiding potholes. People are very cooperative out here. If you are following a new car, the driver will take all the steps to avoid his car going over a pothole. So, follow his footsteps! If he diverts a little left,...