strange welcome

Yesterday I saw a dead body in the middle of the highway. There was a traffic accident and a middle-aged man didn't survive. About a hundred strangers crowded around the bloodied corpse to view his twisted limbs. Some people were rushing over to take souvenir photos. A single police officer was on the scene making some effort to direct the traffic.

I was on the back of a moto-taxi, juggling my luggage on the short journey home. It was weird to be hit with the realities of public life and death on the streets before I'd even arrived at my door.