Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Rama's New Auto and New Flair!

Meet Rama—our driver.

This isn't our car though...Rama is also an Auto-Rickshaw (commonly just called Autos) driver. They are motorized 3-wheel rickshaw that work the same way taxis do. Rama speaks English so he is a specialized licensed tourism Auto Driver which is so great! When he is not driving us around he can do his Auto business and make some additional money.

Rama got a new Auto recently and had window sticker made with our names on it.
Anthony was the first one from Logos to move out here, then Alan, and now Miles and me. All of our names are on his new Auto. We are not sure of the purpose as clearly no one but Rama knows who those names are or their signicifance, however, it does seem to be a fun piece of flair. Also, Rama is so incredibly proud of this sticker. He beamed ear to ear while showing it to us and wanted us to take pictures. It was so cute. Rama then gave us a ride in his new Auto around town, and now any tourist who might come to Chennai could take a ride in an Auto with our names on it!

2 comments:

  1. Jenn, thanks for posting stories! It's awesome to hear what's going on. I love the sticker!

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  2. I love reading your stories! It sounds like you're having a great time so far!

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