Gao Guang discovered an issue, which was that it seemed the people in Baghdad were not very fond of communication.
When the driver got on the car and spoke a few words, he lost interest in chatting after finding out that Gao Guang didn't bring any goods that were in high demand in Baghdad. As a result, Gao Guang couldn't extract any useful knowledge from the driver.
Everything was too hurried, just one day to pack things, purchase supplies, and arrange for Mike and Francisco; there was simply too much to handle. That left Gao Guang with no time to carefully and thoroughly understand what Baghdad was really like.
One must know that a city's image in the news always differs greatly from its actual face. Moreover, now that even the American media accustomed to fabricating fake news had lost interest in Baghdad, unless there was a major event, like an attack that killed hundreds of people, one could hardly see any news about this city.