Beware of the multitude of minicabs


	Beware of the multitude of minicabs

mickfinn

12-7-2007 4:09 AM

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dodgy drivers

mickfinn says:

They are, in London at least, truly dodgy.

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12-7-2007 12:41 PM

Eladora

ALL the cabs in Cairo were like this - and about 30 years old! BUT it was safer than driving ourselves - its really scary on the roads there!

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