taxi

after teaching last night at tenwest, liss and i were just planning on taking a regular taxi home, but when we walked out of the building there were a bunch of three wheeled motor scooter cabs there.  it had been a while since we'd seen one and it only took us a second to remember that these are the little things that make living here an adventure.  So we agreed on a price with the driver and off we went on what basically amounts to a garden cart pulled behind a motorcycle.  I was giving our driver the benefit of the doubt when at first he took a different route than i would have, but then when we took the freeway on-ramp, I knew it was time to spring to action!  i told him to turn around and that i knew the way.  He agreed and quickly turned us around and headed back down the on-ramp in the dark playing chicken with real cars!  Our little adventure was really seeming like a bad idea...and it only got worse when he went back up the off-ramp on the other side and hit a biker at the top.  No biggie though.  we just kept plugging away and eventually made it home safely.  just got us thinking though...maybe the regular taxis here are adventurous enough.