Differences: part 1

From what I've seen until now:

1. The cars drive on the left and implicitly the driver's seat is on the right. This can be really frustrating especially in the first days/weeks when you see a car driving on the left and think it's going to have an accident.
Also crossing the street can be really tricky when no semaphores are present because you have to think really hard to figure out when it is save to cross

2. Their power outlet system is different: three pins instead of 2. So you have to buy an adaptor to charge you phone and laptop.




3. It rains! And it rains a lot! Did I say it rains a lot? I meant to say it rains a LOT! The interesting part is that people here have adapted and don't seem to care about it anymore. It is quite common to see people jogging in the rain.
And another think: umbrellas are usually useless because of the strong winds so people go for raincoats

But although all this rain there is very little mud. Almost every road is paved and there is grass everywhere. That's very, very good.

4. The sinks (except the kitchen sinks) are really strange:
(I took this picture of the Internet; the real sinks here are much cleaner :))

One tap is for hot water and the other is for cold water so one burns your hands and the other freezes them.

The only way you can get decent water is to put the plug and fill the sink with water -calibrating the hot and cold water, and only after that you may wash.

That's all for now...stay tuned for differences part 2