Sorry I don't comment that often any more. This entry blew me away though. I spent my day being really listless for some reason and then I read this and I thought, "Ah yes, that's what it's like to be exhilarated and happy." And the way you talked about the drivers and the smells made me flash back to India, because I always got such a kick out of the auto-rickshaws that would swerve across five lanes of traffic to avoid twenty three cars and a cow. And the smell of India, a mixture of manure and mangos that bubbles up in my brain whenever I think of it.

Thank you for evoking all of that in me. This entry is beautifully written.