Yesterday I saw something on Beach Road that can only be described as the equivalent of the white elephant of Timorese taxis: a freshly painted, yellow 250 SEL Mercedes Benz cab!
At first when I saw it approaching at the usual breakneck speed of 15km/h I thought it was a joke...like a Mercedes hood ornament on a rotten Jap import....but as it go closer there was no denying it: someone out there in the vast slow moving sea of decrepit, bruised, less-than-roadworthy, crazy glue assembled Timorese taxis is driving a nicely maintained yellow Mercedes with "Taxi" spraypainted on its side.
A sign of wealth? A fluke of nature? Timor's first 'corporate' cab business? Who knows....but if anyone else sees this cab, let me know. I just want to be sure I can actually trust my eyes...
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