Ten minutes later I was in an enormous taxi-cab, an air-conditioned one, hired for the day for fifty dollars… — Kyril Bonfiglioli
Ten minutes later I was in an enormous taxi-cab, an air-conditioned one, hired for the day for fifty dollars; it seems an awful lot, I know, but money's worth awfully little over there, you'd be surprised. It's because there's so much of it, you see.
Source: Wikiquote · CC BY-SA 4.0
More from this book
To be on foot in the United States is only immoral, not illegal.
He had made one mistake in an otherwise flawless performance: he hadn't told me his name. Have you ever exchanged three words with an American without being told his name?
"Goodness," I babbled, "but how awful for you. Not drinking, I mean. I mean, imagine getting up in the morning knowing that you're not going to feel any better all day".
