HARD LIFE VS HIGH LIFE (MANILA VS MACAU)

Follow the driver

An episode from the series TAXI TO ASIA

Synopsis

Manila.
Most of Manila’s cabbies, like Alejandro, slave 18-24 hours, live far away to cut down on accommodation and must take refuge at gasoline stations. Protection against hostile passengers is a necessity; henceforth, the wrench or hammer can be seen by the driver’s seat.

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Macau.
Chao Cho Ng is a Limousine driver with access to some of Asia’s high rollers in the Las Vegas of the East. Enterprising Chao dreams of starting his own seafood porridge stall, but the city is expensive and becoming a big challenge for Macau citizens.