SpeedoGuy: It was on a scooter-taxicab ride in Mazatlan, Mexico. We asked the driver to take us to a beach hotel and when we got in the scooter he took off like the proverbial bat-outta-hell. Roaring through crowded marketplaces, threading through narrow alleyways, weaving down busy sidewalks and dodging cars against traffic at a speed that took my breath away...it was a ride I'll never, ever forget! It was like a Steven Spielberg movie except the action was not entertaining in the least. I was scared shitless. Over the roar of the engine we were screaming at the driver to slow down but that only made him jam the throttle open wider. No exaggeration, at the hotel I got out of the scooter cab with quivering knees and we counted ourselves lucky to be alive.
SG