Generous Passenger Takes His Taxi Driver To A Theme Park For The Experience Of A Lifetime
The taxi driver had never been to a theme park or sat on a roller coaster before.
By Sadho Ram — 21 Aug 2015, 02:33 PM
On the right is Shakiha, an Indian-born, working in the UAE, as a taxi driver. And, the white guy is Liam Murphy, a test engineer from Cork, Ireland. He is currently visiting the Arabian country for work.
Shakiha has lived in Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital, for 14 years
His family lives in India and he sends home money each month, resulting in quite a lonely and tiresome life of working hard for himself.
Every day, he drives tourists visiting the country for a trip to indoor theme park Ferrari World, an amusement park located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. But had never himself been inside the theme park or on a roller coaster ever.
It is the first and only Ferrari-branded theme park and largest indoor theme park in the world. Formula Rossa, the world's fastest roller coaster, is also located here.
On Sunday, 16 August, Liam Murphy decided to take a trip to the indoor theme park. On the way, while chatting with Shakiha, he found out that the taxi driver had never visited the theme park and "was going to wait in the car" for hours until the tourist returned
So he invited Shakiha along for the ride
Shakiha toured the theme park with Murphy and had his first roller coaster ride on the fastest in the world. Liam paid USD95 for a ticket for the pair to enjoy roller coasters and Ferraris together. "I will pray to God for you, sir," Shakiha told Liam.
"Today I made his dreams come true for the laugh," Murphy wrote on Facebook. "His first ever roller coaster ride was on the fastest in the world."
"He was great entertainment. I bought him some pizza on the way home."
According to Liam, Shakiha felt a bit ill
Photos of the wild experience at the world's largest indoor theme park show an excited Murphy riding alongside a very ill looking Shakiha.
Murphy said on Facebook the taxi driver repeated, "I do not feel well sir" as he rode the crazy ups and downs on the GT coasters, which reach speeds of up to 95km/h.
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