New York taxi driver Mohammed Alam has picked up the fare of a lifetime - $5,000 (3,000) to drive across the US to Los Angeles.
Investment banker John Belitsky said he and friend Dan Wuebben wanted to do something "magical".
They decided on a cab ride to LA and struck the deal with Mr Alam after finding him at LaGuardia Airport.
The 2,448-mile trip took six days and included a stop in Las Vegas where the friends won $2,000.
Mr Belitsky, of Leonia, New Jersey, and Mr Wuebben, of Queens, New York, haven't yet said how they intend to get back to the East Coast.
But Mr Alam says a friend will help him make the drive back home.
The epic trip has been documented by Mr Belitsky on his Twitter page.(http://twitter.com/#!/JohnBelitsky)
On 22 April, after their winning streak in Las Vegas, he tweeted: "Woke up Alam to a shower of $100 bills at sunrise."
New York news blog NYU Local estimated that the trip would have cost $17,000 (10,000) if the meter had been running for the whole trip.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13179413
Investment banker John Belitsky said he and friend Dan Wuebben wanted to do something "magical".
They decided on a cab ride to LA and struck the deal with Mr Alam after finding him at LaGuardia Airport.
The 2,448-mile trip took six days and included a stop in Las Vegas where the friends won $2,000.
Mr Belitsky, of Leonia, New Jersey, and Mr Wuebben, of Queens, New York, haven't yet said how they intend to get back to the East Coast.
But Mr Alam says a friend will help him make the drive back home.
The epic trip has been documented by Mr Belitsky on his Twitter page.(http://twitter.com/#!/JohnBelitsky)
On 22 April, after their winning streak in Las Vegas, he tweeted: "Woke up Alam to a shower of $100 bills at sunrise."
New York news blog NYU Local estimated that the trip would have cost $17,000 (10,000) if the meter had been running for the whole trip.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13179413
