HERITAGE CABS (JAKARTA VS KOLKATA)

Follow the driver

An episode from the series TAXI TO ASIA

Synopsis

Jakarta.
Often referred to as unofficial F1 road racers, the 3-wheeler rickshaw Bajaj taxis are banned from major roads and some districts because of their loud noise and columns of black smoke. These inexpensive taxis are part of the city's landscape and history. Hasan is one such driver who swears to strike if the government bans his Bajaj for good.

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Kolkata/Calcutta.
Ambassador Cabs can easily survive monsoons when streets are waterlogged or run over moon crater-sized potholes. A Punjabi Sikh driving an Ambassador Cab is an iconic postcard picture to identify Kolkata city. But the city’s infrastructure development is making the life of a cabbie harder by the day.