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After 16 years of living and working in the US, I finally decided to relocate back home in 2016. My very first encounter on touching down at JKIA was enlightening.

I hailed a cab driver using a taxi app, which indicated that the driver was five minutes away. When 30 minutes passed and my cab was nowhere in sight, I decided to call the driver. His phone was switched off.

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