There’s no choice but to sit back and relax when your driver weaves in and out of airport to city traffic with skills obviously learned …
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This corner of Mishuku, fairly close to my home where the taxi driver’s pull up their rigs, take a pee in the nearby pubic lavatory, …
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Every inside surface of the taxi carpeted, except for the floor.
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A stopover in Chengdu to round off this Chinese leg of my journey starts out innocently enough propping up, and playing go with the regulars …
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Our arrival in Tehran is certainly auspicious – 3 camera crews are here to greet the plane’s arrival. The focus of their attention? A trophy …
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Last night’s taxi driver takes an interest in my ‘pod and we end up nudging up to one another on his front seat, each taking …
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Cairo is one of the worlds noisier cities – from the constant stream of honking cars, the mosques calling worshippers to prayer, TV’s blaring out …
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Last impressions of working in Cairo? A relatively easy place to research – all credit to the local team but given the pace, heat and …
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Today’s taxi driver from the airport doesn’t like the silence and borrows my headphones for a couple of songs. He pretends to enjoy Public Enemy, …
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Can’t think of a city that isn’t beautiful to cruise around at night. Window down, non-spoken communication with the driver and the night-air blowing away …
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