> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:58:08 +0530 > From: joe...@gmail.com > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Surya... taxi-driver from Mapusa >
> 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. Great story! Any pictures? In general, where to find pictures from Goa - apart from Rico's collection - in the 10 yrs after ...? (fill in yr term of choice ;-) Cheers, p+4D!