The flyest service (taxi) in Beirut.

Service journeys. Some people love ‘em, some people hate ‘em. BeirutStateofMind gets down. The confines of Beirut’s famous shared taxi’s provide opportunities to misadventure in the Arabic language, gain cultural insights, cause offence by declining the offer of a Cedars cigarette , and even on occasion to be enthusiastically shown a video of a captive man being decapitated by a chainsaw on the “chaffeur’s” mobile phone.

In addition to the company and of course the traffic, the vehicle one is travelling in is integral to shaping the service experience.

On a particularly scorching day last summer, after a hard day’s work, BeirutStateofMind had the pleasure of a green lights journey in this veritable beauty. All for 2,000 lira. Now BeirutStateofMind does not profess to possess any specialist knowledge of cars but what seems patently clear is that this car wins.

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If anyone out there has seen a flyer service roaming the streets of Beirut then visual evidence is kindly encouraged at: beirutstateofmind@gmail.com.

The flyest service in town. Downtown, Summer 2012 (Captured by Brosef).

مرة ثانية (Summer 2012, Captured by Brosef).