is waking up your taxi driver bad luck?

i began this morning bright an early. my spanish wake up call came at 5 am (i got a chuckle out of that). i needed to be at the airport for a 8:30 am flight, which means being at the airport at 6:30 am. by the time i had showered and packed, a taxi was waiting to take me to the airport. i had not arranged for this, however, the hotel made the arrangements. i thought the hotel was in a decent area of santiago until i tried to leave this morning. the hotel clerk had to unlock three different doors to let me out onto the street. as the hotel clerk said, a taxi was waiting for me ... however he was asleep. i had to knock a couple of times on the window. eventually the guy woke up and we started the 30 minute drive to the airport. i wasnt sure if waking up your taxi driver is bad luck? the ride went well until we stopped for a red light. my taxi driver took it upon himself to "rest" his eyes while we waited for the green light. when the light turned green, the driver was still "resting" his eyes. after a number of vehicles were "politely" honking their horns, i poked the driver to waking him up (second time i woke him up if your counting). this made me a little nervous as it was only 5 minutes into the trip. the rest of the drive went quite well until we left the downtown and got on the express route. the express route has no street lights and my driver was tempted to 'rest' his eyes while driving on the express route. i dont think the car was ever in one lane as we drove the express! we dodged in and out of lanes until we reached the airport. none the less, i arrived at the airport unscratched and ahead of time. i guess when the driver starts to dose off he sped up ... reassuring considering the speed limit is 120 km/hr on the express.

as i write i am now in lima, peru. i arrived at lunch time after a three hour flight. the weather is humid and foggy, but the forecast is for low 30s the rest of the week. i got a kick out of the security screening at the lima airport. once you retrieve your luggage you are required to stand in line to be screened. i filled out the declaration form (using my handy spanish dictionary). when you get to the front of the line you are told to press a red button on a machine. if the light turns green you skip the screening; if the light turns red you are required to have your bags screened! the machine, i later found out, is a random. for some reason, i cant see canadian airports adopting this procedure anytime soon! when i first walked out of the aiport, i almost started laughing and i could barely control myself.