Leviathans in Sanur

Those who have been to Sanur recently will likely have noticed a new addition to the formerly sleepy little town--this being the introduction of a fleet of humongous new buses that are far too wide for the road through Sanur, Jalan Tamblingan. The five minute drive from Starbucks to the Bypass will now take more like 20 minutes (and that's after you finally get out of your parking spot), as the traffic in both directions becomes hopelessly clogged by the passage of just one of these leviathans. One wonders what genius is responsible for this, or rather what council of geniuses, for this disaster surely took a greater effort than just one person could manage on his own. Aside from the buses being nearly as wide as the street itself, there is the additional problem, which surely anyone familiar with Indonesia should have foreseen, of the common driver's inclination to use the oncoming lane of the road when his own lane is slow. This works particularly poorly in the presence of one of these buses--though it is somewhat comical to watch. And that's a good thing, because you're going to be stuck for a good while with nothing else to do.