Don Galleta's Wild Ride

I am lucky to make it out of Mexico alive.
Every taxi ride I have ever been on is safe compared to the ride I had with Don Galleta (Mr. Cookie). That's actually not his real name, I have no idea what is real name is. He has been working for the school for years and years and even the older doctors refer to him as Don Galleta. I don't think he likes the name very much, because no one calls him that to his face. He is one of the night guards and maitenance men at the place where I lived (the parking lot for the medical school). He was never very happy when we got in late.

So Dr. Munoz (our host) organized a ride for me to the airport - great, I get to save 20 bucks, I never mind that. If I had known how absolutely nuts Don Galleta is, I would have paid the 20 bucks. He drove a 12 person van like it was a sports car. Speed up, break really fast, speed up, break really fast. We had to make a stop in a parking lot and he forced a lady who was almost to her parking spot to back up all the way back onto the road, making angry gestures at her the whole time. It was so crazy that other people in the parking lot where telling him Tranquila, Tranquila (chill out).

Then we get on the open road and he sees a boy ahead of us throw some trash into the street from their car. . he chased them down! In a 12 person van he chased these guys down. It took him like 5 minutes, but he did it. I think we hit 90 mph and I really thought that I was going to die.

But I did make it to the airport on time.