They flagged down a flat-bed rickshaw driver, who pedaled them and their gear to the Beijing Hotel.

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The day's first arrivals are a barely literate rickshaw driver, an elderly couple and a call-centre worker.

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"We feel the power, " declared 22-year-old Moussa Ghaznavi, the son of a rickshaw driver now studying media science.

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But she said a passing rickshaw driver took her to a police station, staying with her for hours, helping to translate.

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One night, as sunset approached, Wagh stuck with one rickshaw driver.

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