The government's initial insistence that there were no petrol shortages was shown to be absurd, as drivers toured from station to station in search of fuel, or joined lengthy queues.
Drivers, tour operators and watchdog groups say that many employees receive no benefits, work long hours and are poorly compensated.
In every hotel the restaurants, the spas, the drivers, tour guides were all "fully booked".
I have spoken with college students, faculty members, journalists, drivers, tour guides, shop owners, lawyers, self-proclaimed Muslim fundamentalists who want to see shariy'a imposed on all Pakistan and with self-proclaimed liberal secularists - the unanimity is truly striking.
It counts among its members 90 or so of the most fanatical fishermen in the country, from furniture repairmen to taxi drivers to tour guides and one 84-year-old retiree.
On a typical day, taxi drivers and tour guides ferry thousands of visitors to the Upper Rock Reserve and often use food to entice monkeys to sit on the head or shoulders of visitors.
I think if you check the records, Sergio is probably the best combined driver on Tour.
It's bound to be conceptual – one of them was Ariel Pink's driver on tour in 2006, and Pink returned the favour by singing on and providing the cover art for their 500-limited debut album later that year.
Mr. Ola used the English he picked up to work as a taxi driver and tour guide for the throngs who flock to the island each summer to snorkel among the coral reefs, explore spice plantations and wander through the ruins from the bygone days when Zanzibar was the capital of an Omani sultanate.
