  We propose an explanation of several experimental features of transport
phenomena in the normal state of high Tc cuprates in terms of a spin-charge
gauge theory of the 2D t-J model. The calculated doping-temperature dependence
for a number of physical quantities is found in qualitative agreement with
data. In particular, we recover: in the ``pseudogap phase'' the metal-insulator
crossover of the in-plane resistivity and of the NMR ``relaxation time'' and
the insulating behavior of the out-of-plane resistivity; in the ``strange metal
phase'' (at higher temperature or doping) the linear in T behavior of the above
quantities; the appearance of maxima in the in-plane far-infrared conductivity
in strongly underdoped and overdoped samples.
