I do try and stay safe. Really i do. – i made promises to loved ones and i take promises most seriously!
I’m in a shared taxi and it pulls over into a gas station.
At the next pump is an oil tanker from Consett, County Durham (North England). In both Arabic and English there are no smoking signs all over the chaise. The local driver gets out the cab and lights up a Marlboro. Gulp!
He then proceeds to grab the pump and fills up the gas tank, nonchalantly flicking his ash on to the floor. I am looking at him in complete disbelief, but no-one else seems to bat and eyelid. Do i run out of the taxi and run as far as i can? Nah – i just stare transfixed in complete dismay.
About Me
- Mountain Man
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Mountain Man is a global citizen. He has lived in self-imposed exile from Britain for over 20 years, and has now relocated to his forth continent. He is currently the Director of an international school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A self-diagnosed dromomaniac, he has travelled on all seven continents at least twice, and has travelled through more than 70 countries. He is an over - qualified guru, free-lance photographer and writer, and humanitarian, with varied projects in Colombia, Haiti and Ethiopia. Mountain Man is addicted to strong sweet black coffee, loves good food and smokes an unhealthy amount of cigarettes.
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