Another Scary Taxi Ride

so i am traveling back to the village today. the first taxi took me right to my connecting taxi today for a nice change. however, he took me to a different taxi place. i was a bit nervous, but i decided what the heck. if they say it goes all the way to vleeschboom, then maybe it does. ok. so i wait about 1.5 hours till it's full. then we take off. i am sitting in the front seat which i hate but is more spacious and breezy so its ok. i'm off in my own world daydreaming. all of a sudden there is a funny noise and the lady next to me shoots out her hand in the classic mom save kid move and starts screaming. we pull off the road as the taxi fills with smoke. we pile out. i was pretty sure we ran over a kid or something. the driver walks back up the road and picks up the pieces that were no longer part of the undercariage. so i realized since everyone calmed down that we must have just lost the transmission or something, not ran over a kid thank goodness. it was a bit scary though. we sat on the side of the road waiting for a while. then an empty taxi came to rescue us. it turned out the new taxi and driver didnt want to take me all the way, so i ended up switching to yet another taxi. before the rest of my trip. so to recap: 15 min walk with a months worth of luggage and 2 weeks of groceries, flag down a taxi, ride to the taxi rank, wait 1.5 hours, ride 2.5 hours, taxi looses parts and dies on the side of the road, sit on side of the road, another taxi picks us up, the driver decides he doesnt want to take me all the way to the taxi rank so pulls over and flags another taxi down for me, switch taxis, ride to the taxi rank, get onto another taxi that drives on the washed out dirt roads, arrive at the edge of my village, and finally walk 2 blocks uphill to my room. boy am i glad to be back!