A Travel Day In The Life Of A PCV

5:00 wake up (darn internal clock, you stayed up late and should not have woken me up yet!)6:00 a nice hot shower to start the long day (and although it'll be a nice memory, it'll have to last till who knows when
) 7:15 breakfast of toast and tea at the backpacker and packing
10:00 check out, hand in key, say goodbye to fellow PCVs, begin walking all alone to the street my taxi runs on (be vigilant and alert and always watch your back, not that i could do anything with the heavy bags weighting me down anyway)
10:30 stop a moving taxi and jump in with all the bags
10:45 arrive at taxi rank and unload all the heavy bags, walk to the correct taxi, avoid the'bag' people and the ones who say "here, let me help you with your bag" for they either want to take your bag or make money
11:00 make it to the taxi and climb in, making every possible effort to avoid the front and way back seats and to sit by a window
12:15 ward of the drunk guy who insists he loves me and wants my phone number, finish the lifesize game of tetris trying to fit everyone and all their bags, children, and parcels into the taxi
12:30 pull away from the rank only to have to stop at the petrol station before actually leaving, the stereo cranked to an ear deafening volume
1:45 a stop at a shop for a few minutes to get food and use the toilet
3:00 try to get the drivers attention so he will stop and let me off on the side of the road where i need to catch another taxi, playing another game trying to get out with all my bags and cross the road hoping to not be hit. here ends the tar roads. i climb into the next taxi that is not road worthy and i am not sure how it even moves. there are no good seats here. 4 adults to a seat that is super tight with only 3. another game of tetris to fit parcels and children.
4:00 it is finally full, someone on the outside assists in closing the door with much force and someone inside latches a latch that has been welded on. the rank master and several taxi drivers will push the taxi to get it moving while the driver tries to kick it in gear and start the engine. we bump down the road noisily.
4:45 get ou of the taxi and carry my heavy bags up hill on the rocky road to my house, greating everyone within sight as they are glad i returned and curious where i was. finally, back to my room after a long day.