Why one should not ride in a taxi alone at night...

Ok I love Ghana! if it sounds as if these are all horror stories don't take it that way. These are one in a million things that i've just found to be hilarious here. Anyway, one evening a bunch of us were going out. By a bunch i mean we filled up 4 taxis with about 5-6 people each. Anyway, my cab was no exception. The cabs here are like pretty much every other african cab... about to fall apart. if we were in the US i don't think a single one would pass an emissions test in any state. Anyway, we had two girls sitting in the trunk (it was a station wagon) and three in the back seat and one in the front. first of all this guy takes us on a ridiculous amount of back roads... The type of backroads with no street lights and random guys here and there standing next to trees. He also wasn't the most careful driver... i felt as if we were't quite on the right side of the road at times. Like man other places ghana's road drainage system are basically 3-4 foot gutters on both sides of the street. with no covers. So on one very sharp turn, our lovely cabdriver manages to get one wheel in the gutter. The two girls in the trunk probably have bruises from that bump. At this point in time the radio shut off and his lights started blinking. So he pulled over (keep in mind, creepy backroads and no lights...). So he checks his tires and everything is fine. he gets back in the car and turns it on. well tries to. it doesn't start. So we start kind of freaking out but there was a guy in the car with us so we weren't too bad. after a couple minutes he jiggled something and the car started. but i was starting to think we'd have to treck to the nearest road with lights and find another taxi... To top things off when we finally got to where we were going, the taxi driver wanted us to give him more... like it was our fault he can't turn a corner... oh well! I hope everyone is well! is it snowing there? Love ya!