There is not a great deal to see in Ravello, apart from its two villas - the ruined Rufulo, which has open-air concerts in the evenings, and the Cimbrone with its lush gardens overlooking the sea - but it is pleasant just to ramble through the cobbled lanes or linger over a drink in a café on the main square.
As we weave between highway lanes towards the coast, Guzman explains he is currently creating an encyclopedia of Chilean food, called Endemics, about the country's edible ingredients and lost recipes.
Indeed, there are not even any dedicated bus lanes, despite the city's efficient bus system.
A few stalls in the lanes sell basics, at inflated prices because of the cost of bribing their guardians.
Cruisewatch and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) augmented the Greenham women's vigilance and tracked the missiles as they were taken on manoeuvres around English country lanes.
There is a discreet reek of money and horse manure about the lanes into Lambourne.
From humble beginnings as a low-budget revenge thriller shot guerrilla-style on country lanes outside Melbourne, George Miller's post-apocalyptic saga is preparing for its biggest and most artfully boisterous outing yet in Mad Max: Fury Road.
The site has been chosen to maintain separation from shipping lanes and to minimise impact on other sea users.
A few years back, an article in The Himalayan Times made the argument that cycling might be part of the solution to air pollution in the valley, calling for a network of bike lanes to accompany a road-widening scheme – although this hasn't really happened.
Wooden gates and archways framed major streets and denoted neighbourhoods in which locals traversed bustling lanes of commerce, visiting one of the countless temples that dotted the city.
The road to Mecca funnels traffic into two lanes: the one marked "Muslims only" goes to the holy city; the other, marked "Non Muslims", bypasses it, since the latter – me included – are forbidden entry to Mecca (and Medina) under Saudi law.
