A Deer in Front of 4 Headlights

Ok, so I was walking the sidewalks of Santiago today which is an experience and it was also raining which adds another layer of complexity to the situation.

I was going back to the office with lunch in one had and my umbrella in the other when I came to an intersection that only had crosswalks on two sides. The problem is that due to lack of drainage those two crosswalks were under about 3-5 inches of flowing water!

So I mentally started to list all of the things that I had to manage to cross the street without getting my feet wet! It went something like this:
- Watch out for those people who think the sidewalk is theirs and you have to move out of their
way!
- Watch the flow of traffic so that I do not get drenched with a wave of street water as a fast
moving car flies by!
- Decide when it is not only safe to go without getting run over, but also without getting soaked!
- Watching my feet (Something you have to do here) so that I don’t step into a six in deep hole
that is filled with water!
- Check the traffic as it is passing through the intersection!

Check, check, check and I was off across the road…….until…...I noticed that they guy who was walking beside me wasn’t there any more……I turned to see around what happened to him…..and there they were 4 headlights looking rapidly moving strait towards me! A quick leap and I made it across the last 1 ½ lanes of traffic and the 3 foot wide river running along the side of the road and the 2 cars zoomed by, but not without throwing a wall of water at me.

So I guess I forgot to check both directions in the 2 way street…..Opppps……Hopefully I have a few more guardian angles left for the next time something like this happens!