Arya 743

This Orange Taxi has the name Arya.  Arya can refer to a Hindu, a Jain, or Buddhist, Sikh or Zoroastrian.  It could also refer to either and Indian or an Iranian.  It is the root word for Aryan which was wrongly used as a racial classification. In India Arya refers to someone who is both a freeman and a follower of one of the above mentioned religions. 

Flag of Indian

Flag of Iran

SD Delux Cab Number 156

There is nothing better than Delux.  

Coffe Cab 70

Photo Taken 24 September 2008

This is cab number 70.  It is the coffe cab.  I will try to get a picture of it in front of an Itailian coffee bar later.  It is in front of the Blue Point Costal Cuisine Resturant at Fifth Avenue and Market Street.  Above the resturant is a hostel.

The information for the resturant is as follows:

Blue Point Coastal Cuisine 

San Diego, CA

p: 619.233.6623

Dinner nightly at 5pm

 Menu

The information for the hostel is as follows:

Hostelling International

521 Market St

San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 525-153

Bukan Cab 422

Bukan can refer to two places.  It could be a Kurdish region in Iran.  The cab is affiliated with Orange Cab of San Diego. 

Iranian  Flag

Kurdish Flag (Illegal in Iran)

Iraqi Flag

Maipu Cab 227

Maipu is a city in Chile.  It was the site the pivotal battle for Chile's independence. 

Battle of Maipú

painted in 1837 by Juan Mauricio Rugendas (died 1858)

Banna Cab 382

At first I thought that this cab was named Banana. It is amazing how our minds can play tricks on us, especially in a situation where the stimulus presented is unexpected. According to Wiktionary.org Banna is the Chickasaw word for to curse or forbid.  The idea of a forbidden or cursed cab sounds mysterious and romantic.

Banna could also refer to Hassan al-Banna, حسن البنا, who according to Wikipedia.org is the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood is an important but banned political organization in Egypt.  I imagine it could also be drivers name.