Sian’s first adventure - Bar-B-Q breakfast.
Despite setting out late, both Erika and I were at the airport to meet Sian when she arrived this morning, as her flight was delayed to both a late departure and headwinds. we even had time to pick up the tickets for the HK leg of the trip prior to her clearing immigration allowing us to run late next time as well!
All went smoothly on the way home, till we hit a wild big-cat or fox (but not a dog) on the motorway doing over 100km/h. It shot out of the rainforest on the other side of the road, made it over the first 3 lanes of traffic but then under the front of our taxi. It took out most of the bumper on the drivers side, headlights, shattered the winscreen fluid bottle and dislodged the radiator and cooling fan. There was also a strange smell consisting of Bar-B-Q fox and window wash bubbles coming from the engine compartment.
No air-con in a black car stuck on the freeway is not a great combination, but luckily there was a breeze to keep us from cooking while we waited for a replacement taxi to collect us and deliver us back to my apt.
All safe, all sound.
But other than that - it’s fab to see my bestest friend again 
April 5th, 2007 at 5:32 am
“All went smoothly on the way home, till we hit a wild big-cat or fox (but not a dog) on the motorway doing over 100km/h.”
Just as you cannot believe the atrocity that we made Higgins work, I cannot believe the roadkill was doing 100km/hr. That’s super fast! It’s a wonder its own paws didn’t burn off. Shame you ran into it and thereby prevented anyone else from witnessing the marvel.
April 5th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
The roadkill was certainly going fast, but only for the brief time between when it was wrapping itself round the front of the car and the moment when it was being squashed under the wheels of the car.
That reminds me of a joke…
What was the last thing to go through the mind of the wild big-cat when we hit it with the taxi?….
a) It\’s face.
b) A headlight.
c) all of the above.
April 8th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
d
d) here’s der taxi now where’s der mist.