Hello readers,
It is always amazing sharing my
technical experience and other personal stuff with you all.
On my way back from a regular IT
maintenance in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, I decided to drop off few IT
equipment back to the office from the client site. While approaching the Tubman
Boulevard, the taxi car got impounded by the police for plying the
streets with unregistered vehicle.
We pleaded with the officers to give the
driver just a second chance to make his trip to town and do the needful at the
Ministry of Transport, but they refused. So, we had to get off the vehicle and
search for another available one going our directions. Standing along the
roadside and watching the beautiful lines of cars from different manufacturers
conveying Liberians to their various destinations, the cars in different colors
with varying engine sounds have produced a beautiful rhythm that keeps one
totally unaware of the loudness it all creates, regularly.
Then I saw a very strange looking
vehicle coming with unfamiliar patterns painted on the outside. The sighting
caught the attention of pedestrians and onlookers
in communities close to the road. As the car made a momentary stop to drop off
some passengers, there was an outburst of a contagious laughter amongst us.
Separated discussions immediately followed the laughing and amazement.
I quickly remembered a movie I
watched a couple of years ago that I don’t remember the name; in the movie, the
hero beat an entire army of protagonists on the bus-like car and flew through
the back as it was heading for a crash. However, this was not a movie. I think
this is a traditional Chinese or Korean transport vehicle.
Our
economy has gone bad to the extent that the fare from Broad Street to
Redlight ( a popular market site in the Paynesville area) has doubled.
With the designs and colours on this car, I am thinking if an ordinary man can afford riding on it. "I feel for the
common and less fortunate who cannot afford to catch a bus neither a taxi cab," I
whispered to myself while standing for almost an hour in search of a taxi as
the car pulled out. The approach taken by this vehicle owner is very welcoming…
It will be great if all roads are connected in and around Monrovia including
the coastal highways and rural area to encourage investors in the transport sectors
in helping our people.
My experience last year while heading to Nimba County,
outside of Monrovia on a VSAT project was a terrible one.
Before then, I reached out for my phone, in my pocket and made a few
clicks on the camera to share my amazing sighting with my readers.
Prepared by Daniel Collins
