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August 07, 2005
Still alive, just...
Last Thursday we decided that a trip up to the mountain overlooking the city for a beer or two and a quick bite would be the perfect way to round off the week.
After turning down a couple of taxi's on the basis of expense (we could have gone to Beirut for what one guy was trying to charge) we ended up in the car of a madman.
You know the type, bug-eyed, chain smoking, cackling and rattling off a list of his favourite whiskeys over the arabic warbling screaming from the stereo. He revelled in the extra power of his car (a massive 1.4 rather than the 1.1 engines in most taxis) He threw it, and us, all over the road, screaming up the inside lane of the wrong side of the four lane highway that leads up to the hills.
As he dropped us off he insisted we take his number, we were too speechless to refuse.
Still, the view was worth it. Unlike the food, which the kids serving us tried to charge 40 euro for. We must have had our gullible tourist t-shirts on.
The USB port on my laptop has finally gone west, so the photo's will have to wait until I get home
Posted by Richard at August 7, 2005 07:46 PM