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A retired New York couple are moving the 2,400 miles to Arizona by taxi. Betty and Bob Matas are set to move next week from Queens to a new home in Sedona.
They arranged to send their belongings, but they were in a quandary about how to transport themselves. The native New Yorkers do not drive and were concerned their two cats might not make it on a plane.
A solution presented itself in the form of taxi driver Douglas Guldeniz, whom the Matases met when they hailed his cab after a Manhattan shopping trip several weeks ago and started talking about their forthcoming move. "We asked: 'Do you want to come?'" said Bob Matas, 72, a former audio and video engineer for advertising agencies. "And he said: 'Sure'."
It was initially "a gag", Mr Matas said, but it became a real plan over the ensuing weeks. Mr Guldeniz plans to drive ten hours a day and charge a flat fee of $3,000. The Matases also are to pay for the gasoline plus Mr Guldeniz's meals and lodging.
"I want to do something different," said Mr Guldeniz, 45, a taxi driver for two years. "I want some good memories."
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They arranged to send their belongings, but they were in a quandary about how to transport themselves. The native New Yorkers do not drive and were concerned their two cats might not make it on a plane.
A solution presented itself in the form of taxi driver Douglas Guldeniz, whom the Matases met when they hailed his cab after a Manhattan shopping trip several weeks ago and started talking about their forthcoming move. "We asked: 'Do you want to come?'" said Bob Matas, 72, a former audio and video engineer for advertising agencies. "And he said: 'Sure'."
It was initially "a gag", Mr Matas said, but it became a real plan over the ensuing weeks. Mr Guldeniz plans to drive ten hours a day and charge a flat fee of $3,000. The Matases also are to pay for the gasoline plus Mr Guldeniz's meals and lodging.
"I want to do something different," said Mr Guldeniz, 45, a taxi driver for two years. "I want some good memories."
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