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Alejandra Romero and taxi driver Wazeed Manjoor at yesterday’s opening.

Eleven years ago, a young woman journeyed from Mexico to Guyana to determine the feasibility of opening an office for the business process outsourcing company with which she worked. As the plane neared Guyana, she was taken aback when she looked through the window and saw no lights. Her hopes for the trip further dipped when she learned her luggage had not arrived. It got worse when the cashless young woman found out that there were no ATM machines at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri for her to use her bank cards.

Still, not daunted, she exited the airport and was approached by a taxi driver, who offered to take her to her