28. The call

"What then happened on your way to the airport?” "We packed our stuff hastily early in the morning and got a taxi. We didn’t know the city but his route was not the same we followed after we had landed. I don’t know whether you know how they drive in India and how dense the traffic is. For a foreigner it looks like a total, illegal chaos but over there it is ordinary. "And just as I became worried, we took an open road along the riverside. A police vehicle passed us and behind us, another one closed in. I had the feeling we were being escorted. We then approached a temple complex on the river bank and the taxi driver took the road that led to it. I asked what was going on and he explained he would take us to the airport but as our flight would only be that evening, there was plenty of time. He wanted to show us the interesting temple. "I asked him why the police were escorting us and insisted that he turned around and took us to the airport, but again he reminded me that I had said