Tap Tap
Sometimes when you look around, all you can do is laugh. The world around me is so foreign and crazy at times, I just laugh at life.
A tap tap= the cheapest form of transportation in which you flag down a normal sized truck. When it stops, u cram in with as many people/animals as possible. You ride until you arrive at your destination, and must tap the side of the truck loudly for them to stop and let you off. You pay and jump off.
Today, Yoldi and I took a taptap into town. When I was pulling myself onto the back of the truck, I accidently grabbed something that wasn’t the truck… and it screeched out. It was a goat. I was a little startled when I hopped in the bed of the truck. The goat was tied upside down by it’s legs to the outside of the truck. It continued to make the noise that goats make when they think they will die as it hit the side of the truck. I sat down on a strange womans lap and We drove on. I looked at Yoldi and laughed. Laughed because a guy was holding a live chicken that was trying to bite her arm. Laughing because the woman next to me had a bunch of crabs in a plastic bag. Laughing because I was standing in the back of this truck and a strange lady was giving me a bare hug to keep her balance. laughing because I was the only white person for miles and couldn’t understand anything. laughing becAuse there are 32 ppl in the back of a pickup truck going really fast. laughing because everyone is yelling at the taptap driver and saying that he is a horrible driver and we are all going to die. Laughing because a Sweet lady just gave me my favorite Haitian snack. Laughing because I just drank somesort of drink from a bag. Laughing because life is so good and crazy. Laughing because I’m alive and God is so funny and good!! Laughing because I love taptaps.
