First observations of the 3rd world

As I mentioned earlier, I had to go abroad for my company to a 3rd world country. Today we arrived and I already have some observations. I don't know if they will hold for any 3rd world country, to this specific one, or even not that. Here they are:

1. The roads are chaos by definition. Everyone is yelling, honking their horns, and cutting lanes at all times in all directions. It is a miracle that most of them do not get killed in the first day of driving. I think that the difference between Calgary and Tel Aviv with respect to driving is as big as the difference between Tel Aviv and this place.
   
2. Time is relative. Just like Einstein said in his theory of relativity. When someone tells you it is going to take 5 minutes better ask him at what speed he is traveling, because 5 minutes can most easily turn into 45. Maybe he is traveling so fast that he is at nearly the speed of light.
   
3. The richer getting richer while the poorer getting poorer. I have two examples from the same luxurious hotel we are staying in. An hour of internet access costs 25NIS (never mind the original currency) , a day gets it to 75 NIS. You can get a car, with a driver and tourist guide for 3 hours, for 50 NIS.
4. People here have uniform fetish! Everywhere you look there is someone in uniforms. It may be that he is a policeman, a soldier, a driver or a janitor. They all wear uniforms. Most of them have some kind of medals and ranks. It is hard to tell who is a super-janitor and who is the police chief.
   

Well, tomorrow the meetings start. We have tomorrow and the day after for meetings and then Thursday starts with meetings and end with us getting home-sweet-home.