Taxi Sir, Taxi?You've just got off the plane after a six-hour journey, you have passed through customs and you are here at last! But tired. You just want to get to the hotel and have a rest, relieve the jet lag, and get ready for all the excitement of the three-week holiday that you have been thinking about and planning for the last twelve months.
Taxi Sir? You want a taxi?
Of course you want a taxi. He even offers to carry one of your bags! (Gosh, the taxi drivers are even pleasant here - this holiday is going to be fun!) Out of the airport we go, past the taxi rank and into the car park. Before you know it, the boot of the unmarked taxi has been opened and the bag that he was carrying has been thrown in, and he is helping to stow the others.
Is this a real taxi? you ask.
Of course, of course, very good taxi sir - where you go?
You relent, give him the name of the hotel, and you are screeching out of the car park. After a while your mind starts to operate again. You look around. No taxi meter! I think you're in trouble.
Go on - ask him how much is the fare. Go on - do it. You are going to have to pay it anyway so you may as well know what you are up for.
How much for the trip?
How you pay, US dollar? . . . . Just fifty dollar sir, cheap.
So you've been caught. That's 15€ a kilometre.
Never accept the offer of a taxi from someone in the foyer of the airport- always look for the official taxi rank, even if you have to queue.
The other people queuing are saving money too!
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