For those playing our latest contest, we’ve arrived and our first road trip was a relatively safe one! Our taxi ride from the airport to our resort was in a newer Mercedez Benz full size van. It had lap and shoulder belts with head restraints for 7 passengers and they had a useable booster seat, too. 
I say “relatively” safe because taxi drivers here are no different than in Chicago or New York or probably anywhere. Having one cellphone in each hand and two conversations going isn’t the safest way to travel lol, even if all the passengers are correctly restrained;-) On the right you can see a shot of the interior. Internet access with the local SIM card is slow, but it is working. So, I hope to post the winning number within a few days. If you’ve been waiting for hints, don’t wait too long! Now keep in mind that van we had today doesn’t count for the contest, I won’t know what our official tour vehicle will be like until tomorrow!
Did I mention the bar on the beach has Carlsbad on tap? It just doesn’t get any better than this!
Heh, after reading FB about your adventures (nice pics!), I don’t think you were jetlagged–you were tanked, lol!
Yes, Heather, Carlsbad is a cave;-) So I was a bit jetlagged- it’s Carlsberg and it comes in half litre or full liter glasses!
Looks like Nania Polo, but bigger (the booster, that is).
I’m still thinking I’ll win the contest 😉
I must say, that booster looks a little scary to me……But wow! It is beautiful there!
Wow the beach looks beautiful! I’m jealous! I want to go on vacation! And yeah I have found taxi drivers to be the same just about anywhere!
Isn’t Carlsbad a cave?
Dude! I’m so jealous! And not just of the Carlsbad on tap! But have a few pints for me anyway, ok? 😉
OK, that booster’s just gross–blech. But an MB van! Be sure to take some nice pictures and change my opinion of the Middle East (that beach pic could sway me). I have a friend who loves it, but all I ever see of it is on the evening news :/.
that booster kind of scares me… but otherwise, I like that vehicle’s setup… can’t wait for more pics