The Best India Taxi Driver

by Joel Jones (Liberia)

I didn't expect to find India

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One of my all-time favorite countries to travel in is India. If you have ever been you know that this is one of the craziest countries in the world to drive in. The streets are crowded, the cars share the road with cows, camels, horses, dogs, bicycles, huge trailers, tuk-tuks, buses and pretty much everything that moves. The rules: there are no rules. They use their horn for pretty much everything and if you want to drive past someone you just honk your horn and drive around. When we took taxis in the northern parts of the country I saw my life flash before my eyes every five minutes. In New Delhi we had an awesome taxi-driver that drove us around the city for a couple of days. In the world’s second most populous city you have to be pretty crazy to become a taxi driver. At least that is what we thought sitting in the backseat of his taxi listening to AR Rahman, the Mozart of Madras blasting threw the broken speakers whilst dodging cars and cows. I ask him: “so what makes a good taxi driver What's not to like about Texas? I laughed What’s not to like about Texas? I laughed Shooting Stars in Wadi Rum (pun intended) Shooting Stars in Wadi Rum (pun intende.India is a Beautiful country i was very much exicited to see strange things on The streetS Of new Delhi.