A Long Day on the Road
Rumble Strip
Erica Heilman / Rumble Strip
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2015
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rumbel Street Vermont, this is Erica Heilman. |
| 0:03.0 | Today a story from Larry Massett about a very, very long day. |
| 0:14.0 | It starts on the Tarmac in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia in 2002. |
| 0:19.4 | But first, let's listen to the Georgia National Anthem. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome. The The The The The DiBlisie, capital of the Republic of Georgia, the airport, four in the morning. |
| 1:33.9 | The customs line does not appear to be moving. |
| 1:37.4 | We're stuck in a cement shed, slapped down on the tarmac with no windows and |
| 1:42.1 | the fans. I count one. slap down on the tarmac with no windows no fans |
| 1:43.4 | i count one two three |
| 1:47.0 | working light bulbs |
| 1:48.9 | it's hot even at this hour |
| 1:50.6 | the air is thick with cigarettes and diesel fuel. |
| 1:53.0 | Alex and I have been traveling now for... |
| 1:56.0 | What? When do we leave the States? |
| 1:59.0 | Who knows? We haven't slept in 48 hours anyway. |
| 2:03.0 | Come on, Alex mutters. |
| 2:05.0 | Let the extortion begin. |
| 2:07.0 | The last time he came over here to visit his family a couple of years ago, |
| 2:11.0 | one customs official stuck out his hand and demanded 50 bucks. |
| 2:16.2 | 50 bucks for what? |
| 2:17.2 | That's a lot of money here. |
| 2:19.2 | Tax, the man said. |
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