Mainly because you can't hear the constant beeping of horns.

Normally the roads are complete chaos.

Firstly, you have some pedestrians walking along the edge of the road, then you have the cyclists riding round them.

Next are the rickshaws, then (lots of) motorbikes swerve round them, while the cars whiz past the lot.

Throw in some trucks and buses, which stop suddenly to let passengers on from anywhere, and you have a sea of traffic flowing all over the road (staying on your side is completely optional).

And in Agra there was the occasional horse-drawn cart and camel too.

Somehow there doesn't seem to be many accidents.

I'm not sure what the road toll is over here, but I have only seen one crash and no one was hurt in that.

The reason might be that they all know exactly where the four sides of their vehicles are.

"Centimetre perfect," Dennis Cometti would say.

While walking round the pedestrian area it struck me that not many people seem to be doing much.

They all seem well dressed and are all just hanging out all of the time.

That is until you get down to the market and see the "couriers" in action.

These guys carry massive loads up the steep mountain side, all attached to their foreheads by rope.

And to think I was complaining about the walk to the temple yesterday...