The kindness of strangers: I was a young, solo tourist when a taxi driver became aggressive – then two men stepped in
They relayed to me that the driver wanted more money. I went to grab my wallet, but they told me to put it away Read more in the kindness of strangers series I travelled alone a lot when I was younger and often got myself into stupid situations. You think you’re immortal when you’re in your 20s. One such occasion happened when I was 25 and travelling solo in Egypt, not long after the turn of the century. I had taken
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- 23 Aug 2026, 17:38 UTC
- Last checked
- 26 Aug 2026, 21:00 UTC
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- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 23 Aug 2026, 15:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Tara Macloughlin, as told to Katie Cunningham
- Section
- Australian lifestyle
They relayed to me that the driver wanted more money. I went to grab my wallet, but they told me to put it away Read more in the kindness of strangers series I travelled alone a lot when I was younger and often got myself into stupid situations. You think you’re immortal when you’re in your 20s. One such occasion happened when I was 25 and travelling solo in Egypt, not long after the turn of the century. I had taken
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The kindness of strangers: I was a young, solo tourist when a taxi driver became aggressive – then two men stepped in
They relayed to me that the driver wanted more money. I went to grab my wallet, but they told me to put it away Read more in the kindness of strangers series I travelled alone a lot when I was younger and often got myself into stupid situations. You think you’re immortal when you’re in your 20s. One such occasion happened when I was 25 and travelling solo in Egypt, not long after the turn of the century. I had taken
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- machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
- publisher category Australian lifestyle rss-category
- publisher category Egypt holidays rss-category
- publisher category Travel rss-category
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- #1688
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- 23 Aug 2026, 17:38 UTC
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- 475,322 bytes, private gzip evidence
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- news-ledger/0.1
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