This is a Drive By

I drove. On the left. I will be the first to say I have never, ever given so much concentration to driving before in me life. My hands were at 10 and 2 and I never took my eyes off the road - not even to change music or scratch that bloody itch!  Only two mishaps and zero accidents!

Kiwi Road Rules, both written and unwritten include:

• Flipping a U-turn whenever and wherever they need to turn around. It's acceptable and terrifies me every single time. 
• The terrain is mountainous and there is skill involved in taking those corners and regular speed.
• Give way rules changed when I arrived. Don't worry, I practiced online (which only confused me more). 
• The two rules I read on a pamphlet for North American travelers included
• Only make a turn at an intersection on a green light (absolutely no turns on red folks)
• KEEP LEFT (that's verbatim of how AA* wrote it) 

 [*AA means Automobile Association as well as Alcoholics Anonymous]

I was sweating nervous.

There's  no yellow center line. White & Yellow and totally confusing!

Once I became accustomed to staying on the left when completing turns (thank you medians!), adjusting my peripheral vision  (there was a lot of car to look after on my left) and not turning my wipers on when attempting to signal my turn driving was easy as!

I can now officially parallel park in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Tick that off the accomplishment's list!

Oh, and look what I found! COWS!