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Let's go somewhere in a taxi. The taxi system here is cool. You flag one down, and if it's going in your direction you hop in. The driver picks people up and drops them off as he drives you to your destination. The price is 200 to 500 cfa, fifty cents to a dollar, to go anywhere in town you need to get. No air conditioning though, and worst of all for the American psyche, no seat belts.

Please notice the two guys to side of the road. That is what Niger is like. Everyone standing around talking to each other all the time. I love it.

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[niger1]

50 cents to a dollar wow
back in te 80 s it was only may be 10 cent s

[Chuck Pefley]

So, to move on from the zoo you had to take a taxi? What?? No seat belts? Oh my! How unsafe. Well, I survived a good many years without a seat belt in my car. I even used to stand up next to the steering wheel when I was about 6 years old and help drive. Can't begin to imagine what USA safety folks would think about that idea.

[Abraham Lincoln]

I think a lot of taxi cabs do this in other lands. I know they did in Japan when I was there in the early 1950s. In the big cities.

[Kris]

At least you'd have someone to talk to on the journey!

[MoscowMom]

You're all set for taking taxis in Moscow! Cars from the '60s (or even older)... No working seatbelts... Negotiating the fees... That said, sometimes you get picked up by a luxury Western car--which always surprises me. If they can afford such a car, do they really need the measely cab fare income??