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your first taxi ride

irishman

2008-10-15 15:30:40

Hi just wondering can you remember your first time in a goan taxi and what experiences you had,when we decided to go to goa for the first time we got fantastic information on this site so of,course i thought i knew everything when we got there people had said get a taxi dont wait for the bus cause if you get to your hotel first and the rooms ar,nt great you have the chance to change before the bus arrives,so i knew about the porters so when they tried to grab our cases i just grooooooowwwled a bit and they backed of went to the taxi stand no problem sir follow me i said to myself whats all the fuss about on the forum this is easy and away we went, after twenty yards he had almost run over two people off our flight nearly run into another taxi and when he hit the main road he really floored it now colleen and i have been married over 30years and that 1 hour journey has been the quiet,est she had ever been in that time she dug her nails into my arms but i never felt a thing only the bruising later i hung on to the door with both arms and i was even trying to grab the steel floor with my toes, for some reason he always waited till he got to a bend before he tried to overtake the bus or car in front AND THEN IT HAPPENED I HAD BEEN WARNED ON THIS FORUM BUT I FORGOT, HE UTTERED THE WORDS IS THIS FIRST TIME IN GOA and before i could stop myself i said yes

then it was like a scene from the film the exorcist his head rotated 180 degrees i will never forget the smile on his face

you want to go to falls, go to market ,spice garden, mandrem beach ect ect the only person in the taxi watching the road was me colleen had shut her eyes by now, i had contracted a stutter ppplllleeeese watcccch theeeeee roaaaaaaad, when we reached the sun village colleens first words where and you have to remember she is a convent educated girl where the bleep bleep have you brought me to :whoops,the driver said my name is sanji heres my number call me when you want to go to market i cannot repeat what my wife replied to him but he got back into his taxi mistified

after a few days we realised this the way most drive not all but most,a memory never to be forgotten.slan(cheers)

celcat

2008-10-15 15:38:53

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squigs

2008-10-15 15:43:34

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Irishman!! :rofl

fizzy2

2008-10-15 15:56:38

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I don't remember quite the first taxi ride but I do remember getting into one of those black and yellow ones at the airport one year (probably year two). He put the suitcases on the roof and tied them on with ONE yellow duster then we got in, you could see the road through the floor and he started up the engine by hot wiring it. :yikes

I was gobsmacked (which is very unusual for me) and I just sat there with my mouth open in shock for most of the journey. Hubby just said "don't worry".....Can't repeat my reply but it was along the same lines as Irishcolleen with a lot of "bleeps" involved. :rofl

lassigirl

2008-10-15 18:47:12

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Taxi Drivers :rage

After a couple of scarey white knuckle rides, which ended with Hubby screaming :swear

slow down now you :swear

idiot, or we are getting out.
I have learnt to make it clear before we start a trip , that I hope he dosn't have a death wish, or think he is Micheal Schumacher, and as I am paying he is expected to drive carefully, I'm not in a hurry and if I'm happy we all will be.
If Taxi driver is frightening you please don't be afraid to tell them to slow down, and stop trying to overtake on blind spots, usually they will take heed but not always.
I always wondered why my dear husband, urged me into the Taxi first, it turned out he wasn't being a Gentleman, just making sure I was in the seat behind the driver :que

His motto was " If I have to go on these jaunts, I'm being in the safest seat "
x lassi

sue.k

2008-10-15 19:58:08

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Hello

I remember our first taxi journey vividly, after fighting off the porters at the airport (I think it cost me £3.00) I watched with amusement as our taxi driver tried to secure my suitcase to the top of his vehicle with an old sock"¦. When he was satisfied it would not fall off we set left the airport.
I remember closing my eyes and praying as we were approaching a roundabout without slowing down"¦"¦after hearing several gasps coupled with ooohs and arrrhs from my fellow travellers I eventually opened my eyes to see a catholic nun in full habit go flying past us on a scooter sounding her horn very loudly then swerving to avoid a couple of water buffalo. I also recall seeing a man peeing in the street quite openly, as my husband turned round to ask ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‹Å“what the hell have you brought us here for'
This is the same person who has made me go back several times and has convinced 14 of our family and friends to return with us this November. I have decided not to prepare them in any way for the journey from the airport, and hope they enjoy themselves finding out about Goa like we did.

Sue

irishcolleen

2008-10-15 21:16:58

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I remember one taxi we were in once and he clipped a little girl's arm he hurt the kid she was crying :cry

and the driver got out of the car and went he was going crazy shouting at this girl :argue

hubby and I got out and we were shouting at him and doing our best to sort the little girl out .....so you can just picture the taxi ride back to candolim us and the driver (silent movies )all picture no sound :rofl

Miccie

2008-10-16 08:15:03

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Irishman that is just so funny, I think the worst taxi drivers are the airport ones, they can get from the Airport to Arpora in what seems like a matter of minutes, chuck you out then off to catch the next charter flight!!

Our first hotel was the Sun Village too

adele victoria

2008-10-16 08:24:04

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i found the taxi not too bad but then we had the same driver, what got me was a tuk tuk ride, bacl from the bach in calangute to our hotel,he drove that fat he nearly crashed into a lorry then when we arived he pulled a wheelie, :rofl

didnt think they could do that,

irishcolleen

2008-10-16 09:04:15

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Thing is adele victoria when you get out of the taxi or tuk tuk you just have to go and have a wee drink to get over the :yikes

...mrs irish .......colleen

manxcat

2008-10-16 09:47:29

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Yes i can vividly remember our 1st taxi(infact it sounds like we were all in the same taxi)I can't remember exactly where it was,we were staying at the royal goan on the river at Baga and it was near there,and we were still in shock from the ride from the airport,when a gang of lads jumped out,covered in paint and started to throw paint at us,then the taxi driver stopped &started to give them money,i thought oh my god ere going to be robbed i was terrified!untill the driver explained about holi festival.On that same holiday we got a tuk tuk from Calangute to Baga late at night the driver Ye Ha,d all the way over the ugly bridge i thought we would overturn,my husband was Videoing it(it's all over the place!)when we got to the hotel my husband said Wots your name?the driver turned round and very slowly said MY NAME IS MICHEAL CAIN we just fell about,it was the last thing we expected him to say.Ca'nt wait for our next trip.

sue.k

2008-10-16 18:58:33

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These stories are brilliant - keep em coming.

irishcolleen

2008-10-16 20:58:06

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Just thought of another taxi story :rofl

it was my brother's first time in goa we were all on our way to a hotel in Candolim ..brother his mrs and me in the back and hubby was in the front with the driver ....the look on my brother and his wife's face will never leave me ....we were almost in candolim just coming over the bridge at nuarl (sp) when my husband said to us all look at that stupid dog in the middle of the road it was running along the road with about 6 big black birds dive bombing it :rofl

hubby said Je**** thats not a dog its a blo*** monkey ..it must have taken somthing off the birds and they were all after him the taxi driver had to pull way off to the side of the road and he looked at my husband and said cheeky monkey :rofl

........colleen

cartman

2008-10-21 07:24:12

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i remember a taxi ride once
we were coming back from hampi(we had to come back early as i was ill),it was like a horror film :yikes

the driver was overtaking on blind bends driving past lorrys at break neck speeds, :yikes

.it took 11 hours to get back to goa through the night,every so often he kept getting something out of the glove compartment and popping it in his mouth.when we were nearly back he told me husband that he was a lorry driver and not a taxi driver and that once he dropped us oiff he was going to turn round and drive straight back :que

i just wanted to die,my legs were so painful ,they were so swollen that i didnt care how bad the journey was.
when we got back to the hotel the hotel staff told us were we crazy to travel back that way ,and to start with we couldnt understand why untill they told us,the lorry drivers that travel through the night are all smashed out of their faces on alcohol and opium :yikes

and chances are so was our driver,and that there are hundreds of deaths on the road because of this :whoops

not a journey i want to repeat but we never did get to see much of hampi

imho

2008-10-21 15:04:04

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Wasnt my first taxi ride but me and my friend still laugh about it . We were going to watch Lui sing and thought it was next to the football ground in Candolium so off we walked from our hotel but got to football ground and couldnt find the restaurant .Showed every one the card Lui had given us and it was Calangute football ground . No taxi were on that main road by then as it was pouring down .We started walking and when a taxi was coming i stood in the middle of the road and flagged him down ,we got in and i said "Calangute" football ground" he got lost had to ask people and after 30 minutes we found it and i asked him how much ? he said" i am not a taxi "you and your friend just got in and told me to go to Calangute !!Think i gave him 200rs cause we all laughed so much .

Lynndan

2008-10-21 15:23:02

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IMHO.
You have got to be a blonde, :rofl

and only in Goa would they drive you about without question, O why do we love the place

green.eyed.lady

2008-10-21 16:24:09

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imho just read this to my daughter and we have :rofl

and

GM06 Ian

2008-10-21 16:57:14

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colleen and i have been married over 30 years and that 1 hour journey has been the quiet,est she had ever been in that time

Priceless

Have you still got the drivers name and phone number? i would like to hire him for a couple of weeks in January :rofl

GM06
Ian

imho

2008-10-21 17:14:57

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Lynnda+ green eyed lady. No not a blonde but highlights in my hair and i am blonde ! i remember his name now it was Mario. He done the same talk as the usually taxi drivers do ,but didnt know anywhere in Calangute ar all . I just told him to go to the steps at Calangute and we walked the rest of the way .
Those were the days ,must have been about 12 years ago and Lui used to play at Cassandras in Calangute and all the locals used to block the road to just stand and listen to him singing .I know every where changes but i have never laughed so much on that holiday .

irishman

2008-10-21 18:23:48

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Hi gm06 ian sorry I dont have his number but last I heard he had become a driving instructor :rofl

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