Monday, August 18, 2008

Rickshaw's

One of Linnea’s favorite entertainment is a Rickshaw ride. She wants to go on one everyday and merely calls it “a bumpy ride”. Little does she realize that her mom is grabbing on really tight as the driver swerves between traffic barely missing people and cars on the streets, as he overtakes cars, turns without indication, breaks last minute, goes on the wrong side of the road to cut corners etc.
It is definitely very easy and convenient to take one of these rides, but you need to learn to TRUST the driver. They get as close as possible to any car, people or animal on the street, but do manage not to hit them. The “Keep your distance” sign is written on the back of most Rickshaw’s, but most Rickshaw drivers can’t read English!! Still, I’ve haven’t yet seen one Rickshaw accident during my month here!



1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hey...becoming a true mumbaite...