World's most expensive cab ride.
MR. RUSSERT: There is a road, a highway from the airport to downtown Baghdad that's called the Road of Death by many. I understand there's a taxi service on that road to take someone from downtown to the airport.MR. FILKINS: Yeah. There's actually a company in Baghdad that does nothing except offer rides to the airport and back. They've got an armored cars and some guards. And they charge $35,000 for...MR. RUSSERT: Thirty-five thousand dollars?MR. FILKINS: ...for a ride to the airport. And I think you know, if you miss your plane and you have to come back, it's another $35,000. But...MR. RUSSERT: How long--is it six miles?MR. FILKINS: I think it's about six miles, yeah. It's not a happy six miles. So, you know, they earn their money.Link from nucular.net.
MR. RUSSERT: There is a road, a highway from the airport to downtown Baghdad that's called the Road of Death by many. I understand there's a taxi service on that road to take someone from downtown to the airport.MR. FILKINS: Yeah. There's actually a company in Baghdad that does nothing except offer rides to the airport and back. They've got an armored cars and some guards. And they charge $35,000 for...MR. RUSSERT: Thirty-five thousand dollars?MR. FILKINS: ...for a ride to the airport. And I think you know, if you miss your plane and you have to come back, it's another $35,000. But...MR. RUSSERT: How long--is it six miles?MR. FILKINS: I think it's about six miles, yeah. It's not a happy six miles. So, you know, they earn their money.Link from nucular.net.