Driving in Peru

My father paid $33 for 6.7 gallons of gas, roughly $4.90/gallon.

Driving here is worse than Rome, which is worse than Boston, which is worse than New York. About 5% of the vehicles here don't use their lights at night. Lanes and lights are suggestions. There are three methods of letting people know they are about to hit you: flashing your lights, creating sound (horn or other variet of squeals, yelps, twirly noises), and swerving in their direction. There aren't many bikes or motos, not like Rome or Phnom Penh or Amsterdam. Some parts of town have covered trikes, like the tuk-tuks in Bangkok, but they are forbidden from travelling in other parts. For the most part people go in the right direction down the road, not like Cambodia. The roads are severely torn up in spots, watch out for people swerving to avoid those. Buses are plentiful, all sizes, and apparently random (read the sign in front, and know your map). Most of the cars are sedan or smaller, not as small as Rome, some pickup trucks and fewer SUV's. There are many, many taxis on the roads, more than anywhere i've seen.