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Man brings cab driver to theme park in UAE

"His first ever roller coaster ride was on the fastest in the world," Liam Murphy wrote online.

By Ben Hooper
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- An Irish man who visited a theme park in the United Arab Emirates brought his cab driver with him into the park and shared pictures of their rides together.

Liam Murphy, who traveled alone to Dubai on a business trip, said in a Facebook post he struck up a conversation with his Indian-born taxi driver, Shakiha, during the ride from Dubai to the Ferrari World theme park in Abu Dhabi.

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Murphy said Shakiha told him he had never been to Ferrari World, despite living in the area for 14 years, so the businessman invited the driver to accompany him inside the park instead of waiting in the parking lot for four hours.

"Today I made his dreams come true for the laugh," Murphy wrote. "His first ever roller coaster ride was on the fastest in the world."

Murphy said the roller coaster rides made the taxi driver feel a bit ill.

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"I do not feel well sir," he quoted the driver as saying.

Murphy shared photos of an ill-seeming Shakiha riding next to him at the theme park.

"Shakiha will sleep well tonight," he wrote.

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