Usually, I drop off my Wife and kids to in-laws house early in the morning before going for work. I use online car ride/ ride-hailing services to do that, there are many ride hailing services in Karachi and I use the one who is having promotion codes at that moment which gives reasonable fare and pocket friendly. In this era of latest technologies, the best thing happened for me is ride-hailing services which is the perfect way to move from one place to another without any hassle. Then, I use online bike services to go to work.
Couple of weeks ago, when I tried to book a car through ride hailing services, they were asking higher fare maybe because of the hike in prices of petroleum or the other reason could be traffic which google map shows. In morning time, I usually find car with cheap rates but as my topic says, traffic and weather both are unpredictable in Karachi. In both cases, charges increase if it starts raining or if Google Map shows the traffic in orange or red.
Still I managed to book a car in reasonable fare. On my way to in-laws house which is approx. 15-16 km away from my home, I saw clouds coming from everywhere which indicates we are going to witness some rain. It is not 100% confirm but still people make up their minds for rain. Mostly, clouds just stare at our city and run away, you will find clear sky in the evening. However, weather forecast predictions mostly go wrong in our city. When they it will rain, you will find bright sunny day and when they say it will be only cloudy, it rains a lot. So, we never believe in weather forecast news.
Not only weather is unpredictable, our traffic is the same. Google map gets so much confused in showing us real picture of traffic. On our way, we found traffic on the bridge where there was nothing on the Google Maps. Also when we get through that traffic, we didn’t find the exact reason why we got jammed pack on the bridge. It is so frustrating that we got stuck in traffic without any reason. Everyone is in so hurry, they never wait for their turn or keep their cars in one lane. The best driver is Karachi is who finds his way from anywhere and just push the accelerator to run through dodging other cars. Even the public transport buses drive so carelessly. Honestly, I cannot even think of driving in such a traffic.
If you guys ever plan to visit Karachi, just keep in mind that weather and Traffic both are unpredictable, no one can surely tell you the exact picture because Karachi is so big, if it is raining in one area doesn’t mean you will find rain on the other way to your destination and same goes for traffic. It can give you a hard time in traveling through the city. Government is working to resolve traffic issues for last couple of decades but unfortunately, unable to do so till now. We hope for the best in coming days.
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All above pictures ar etaken by me through my cell phone Moto E4.