Jasmine, his question is not the answer to the solution. In my 25 years in Qatar, I too did not have a car for majority of the period, and had to suffer for long periods without getting a taxi in the heat. That does not mean an illegal taxi service can be made legal. That does not even make any sense! The request should be addressed to the karwa or government to increase their taxi numbers and there are previous threads on the same.

I hope that satisfies your curiosity as to why this thread was deemed necessary to be Hi-jacked. :)

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