Hi Rico, Almost on every Monday morning, I had to catch the first taxi leaving from Mapusa to Panjim. Quite often it used to be Suria's Peugeot taxi. It was in the Seventies, and the Peugeot was the best maintained taxi then. Suria too was a well groomed Bardezkar cabbie. Suria was hefty, physically, and his creamed, long black hair was combed straight back. You travelled in style in his taxi, because he opened the door for you and closed it gently himself. He hated passengers who banged the taxi doors. Hence he would prefer to open and close it gently himself. In order to retain his Peugeot in a prim condition, he had even purchased a second-hand Peugeot for spares.I can't remember whether Suria hailed from Bastora or Arpora. It was just around the time when the Ambassadors and Fiats entered the taxi scene in Goa. Most of the taxis were of the shared type and of the imported lot then. From the Mapusa taxi stand, they would travel to virtually every village in Bardez, tightly packed with passengers generally... specially every Friday. Until the Suez trouble, the taxi fare was just about half a rupee from Mapusa to Panjim, per passenger, because petrol would cost just about 95 paise in Mapusa, while it was five paise less in port town Vasco. Check with Domnic, and he will provide you with a detailed low-down on the taxi topic. Cheers.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was just wondering if anyone has heard of Surya