$100 Taxi Ride: Banjul/Glasgow

On the Atlantic coast of West Africa, The Gambia is the smallest country in the whole continent,and our driver Sekar takes us from one end to the other for this $100 ride. We drive through the capital city of Banjul to Georgetown, where the European slave trade decimated families for centuries. Today the importance of family is emphasized again and again from a local wedding to a fundraising concert by Jaliba, to Sekar's own promises to his children. After partaking in the local custom of touching a live crocodile to bring good luck! Next stop Scotland, Scotland has been a part of Britain since 1707, but fiercely holds onto its own identity which includes one of the world's oldest instruments, a mesmerizing array of tartans, perhaps the world's most famous whisky, and one ofthe most incomprehensible dialects ofthe English language. From bagpipes to Braveheart, on this $100 ride, Mad Mick McKnight shows us the many extremes of Glasgow and the surrounding Highlands.