The only vehicles the local people were familiar with were the local forms of transport; hardly anyone had ever seen other weird and wonderful motorized vehicles. … Only a handful of businessmen in the town had the wherewithal to buy a car, and my dad had to be content with his bicycle, which is now rather decrepit but which I can still use to go about my daily chores, whether it be to the mosque, shopping or to work on days when Sulaiman can't pick me up on his … …

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LAMPUKI: A bit about Lamlhok and Lampuki