went to the capitol last tuesday for a baseball game...got to town early afternoon found the stadium, bought my tickets, went to the hotel which is on george washington. Not too muich trouble even with the huge construction hole they have on the big road that goes north and south( i forget the name right now, might be some doctors name), any way even though I got around fine with out getting lost like I did the last 2 times. I decided to take a taxi to the game and then one home again.. we called for a taxi from our hotel. After the ballgame it was a mad house of a traffic jam in the stadium parking lot as well as all the roads around the stadium...sooooo the smart guy I am ..i say let walk out down the road a little to pick up our taxi home....so we dont sit in a taxi for 45 minutes in a traffic jam...sounds good right?
well when you have bought your gf new shoes(high heels) and she wears them for the first time...it isnt such a great idea.. we walked all the way to John F Kennedy!!!! because we couldnt see a taxi...for SURE we would see some there!! right??
not a chance..we stood on the side of the road at a light and waited for close to 30 minutes and 3 taxis went by all full...we didnt want to get on the bus, not knowing the route..plus half were packed to the gills.sooooo I say lets walk down to the next, north -south road and maybe we will have better luck looking for a taxi...baaaadddd idea....long walk only produced not so subtle remarks from well dressed female companion about walking in new shoes and making bad decisions on how to get a cab....
we walked almost all the way to that major north south road, that has the construction on it....before a we waved a taxi down....who actually was driving a friend someplace and told him to get out and wait, while he drove us to our hotel. FINALY!!!! about 1 hour and 15 minutes to catch a taxi...in the biggest city in the DR!!!!!!!!!!..
well dont ya know the guy runs out of gas!!! on the way.....my GF is now amused at out delima...she does live in the DR ya know....this kind a life in normal for her ha ha ha.
he says wait here Ill be right back..HE IS DOMINICAN --RIGHT??
how long is right back??......45 minutes is the conversion I figured! ha ha ha
I have to climb a tree to get him a stick to push open the little door down inside the gas filler tube to his car...because the little bottle he has his gas in doesnt reach it to open it. thus his gas spills out down the side of the car!!
I decided to drive to the casino after that...no more taxi hopes to be diminished for me!
In santiago you cant blink without seeing 10 taxis!
what a difference!
I wonder if it is illegal for taxis to pick up peopel on roads like JFK and Ave 27 feb!
well even though the Aguilas lost the game we won at the casino.
since we sat in the front row right against the Aguilas dugout, right in front of the camera....we got on TV a lot. For the rest of the week I had people telling me they saw us at the game on TV . I even saw myself on the next days news on a recap of the game...they show the fans a lot i guess on TV.
we also sat real close to some TV personality. A woman named Angie...I guess she has a comedy type show where they go out in the streets and pull pranks on people...she wears a big bra, is one way to describe her. ha ha ha
so what gives with the taxis in SD??
bob
well when you have bought your gf new shoes(high heels) and she wears them for the first time...it isnt such a great idea.. we walked all the way to John F Kennedy!!!! because we couldnt see a taxi...for SURE we would see some there!! right??
not a chance..we stood on the side of the road at a light and waited for close to 30 minutes and 3 taxis went by all full...we didnt want to get on the bus, not knowing the route..plus half were packed to the gills.sooooo I say lets walk down to the next, north -south road and maybe we will have better luck looking for a taxi...baaaadddd idea....long walk only produced not so subtle remarks from well dressed female companion about walking in new shoes and making bad decisions on how to get a cab....
we walked almost all the way to that major north south road, that has the construction on it....before a we waved a taxi down....who actually was driving a friend someplace and told him to get out and wait, while he drove us to our hotel. FINALY!!!! about 1 hour and 15 minutes to catch a taxi...in the biggest city in the DR!!!!!!!!!!..
well dont ya know the guy runs out of gas!!! on the way.....my GF is now amused at out delima...she does live in the DR ya know....this kind a life in normal for her ha ha ha.
he says wait here Ill be right back..HE IS DOMINICAN --RIGHT??
how long is right back??......45 minutes is the conversion I figured! ha ha ha
I have to climb a tree to get him a stick to push open the little door down inside the gas filler tube to his car...because the little bottle he has his gas in doesnt reach it to open it. thus his gas spills out down the side of the car!!
I decided to drive to the casino after that...no more taxi hopes to be diminished for me!
In santiago you cant blink without seeing 10 taxis!
what a difference!
I wonder if it is illegal for taxis to pick up peopel on roads like JFK and Ave 27 feb!
well even though the Aguilas lost the game we won at the casino.
since we sat in the front row right against the Aguilas dugout, right in front of the camera....we got on TV a lot. For the rest of the week I had people telling me they saw us at the game on TV . I even saw myself on the next days news on a recap of the game...they show the fans a lot i guess on TV.
we also sat real close to some TV personality. A woman named Angie...I guess she has a comedy type show where they go out in the streets and pull pranks on people...she wears a big bra, is one way to describe her. ha ha ha
so what gives with the taxis in SD??
bob