Taxi #1: from the airport. the hotel was suppose to send me a taxi to pick me up. it never showed. got my own taxi. haggled a price to what the hotel said they would charge. taxi driver wants to take me to another hotel. no thanks i say, i have a reservation at this place. he keeps pestering me to change hotels. i suspect he has a connection at the other place. end up at the hotel i booked.
Taxi #2: going into central lima yesterday. young looking kid driving. i get his life story in a matter of minutes. married 8 months and hating married life. he has "a few" other girlfriends on the side. reading between the lines i think he´s trying to find out if i want a hooker. when he points out the hookers on the steet 5 minutes later, i confirm my suspicions.
Taxi #3: leaving central lima yesterday. almost get into a minor fender bender. will, it may have not been all that minor since the taxi i was in would have held up as great as aluminum foil. traxi drier races ahead and yells obscenities at the other taxi driver. this goes on for 5 minutes over the couse of a few stop lights.
Wanna have fun in lima? take a taxi.
Holy Friday... most things are closed. i was crushed to find out that the starbucks where i was going to spend most of the day is closed. damn.
back to the us tonight.
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