GOOD DRIVER!

So I went over to Saudi the other day to catch up with the girls and the highlight of my day was one particular taxi driver. (You know you can never get enough of these stories).

When we picked up the cab at Rashid Mall in Khobar the guy gave us a big smile and said GOOD DRIVER, and a pretty fair price to go to Dhahran Mall so we jumped in and found to our delight the added always welcome option of 'seat belts'.

So

In between running red lights, going the wrong way down major highways, Taking back roads sideways and yelling at some young Saudi boys on Motorbikes in arabic, he turned to us frequently and said with his winning smile 'GOOD DRIVER', 'GOOD DRIVER.'

Its a mark of our sheer jadedness in all things Saudi driving that we got out of the cab at the end, shrugged and wandered off into the mall.

In retrospect... I think he was serious