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...Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Lively Bamako, the capital of Mali, might not have shops selling the latest iPods, but its streets spill over with tunes played by some of West Africa's greatest musicians. This city of 1 million lives for music. By day, battered taxis blare out foot-stomping beats, while old men cross roads with radios glued to their ears. By night, Bamako is a riot of noise as singers ululate at wedding parties and the city's many music venues crank up the bass. Perhaps surprisingly, there is more than a little flavor...
...turquoise waters below. These days visitors prefer to hike down the 80 steep and narrow steps carved into the rock to reach the sandy beach. The fishing villages of Nidri (which some claim to be the home of Homer's Odysseus) and Vassiliki are a short taxi-boat ride away. Linked by bridge to the mainland, Lefkada can easily be reached by car or bus. You can also fly from Athens to Preveza airport, located just across the water from the island...
BEIRUT—Lebanon’s taxi system is one of my favorite things about this country. The cabs—invariably ancient green Mercedes—will pick you up on the side of the street and take you where you want to go for 1,000 liras, or about 50 cents. The driver is free to pick up other passengers along the way who are heading in the same direction and usually drops you off at the main road closest to your destination. I used to think that a system where every passing cab stopped...
...dances, along with the more profitable revenue stream from drinks and a $5 ATM fee that almost makes usury a sin again. He does not, however, get the $20 entrance fee nonlocals pay at the door; that goes right to the back of the casino to the taxi driver who dropped his riders off at the front, as it does in all Vegas strip clubs. Driving a cab in Vegas has become less about ferrying passengers than strip-club promotion...
...night to sell $20 lap dances, and draws on more profitable revenue streams such as drinks and a $5 atm fee that almost makes usury a sin again. He does not, however, get the $20 cover charge nonlocals pay; as at all Vegas strip clubs, that goes to the taxi driver who dropped his riders off. Driving a cab in Vegas has become less about ferrying passengers than about strip-club promotion. "To someone from Minnesota we're sluts, but in Vegas this is a respectable job to the locals," says Sami, 33, a Sapphire stripper known as the Fire...