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But I've made nice experiences, too. You cannot say, that all taxi-drivers are crooks.
At my autodriveaway-trip across the USA in 1993, I also had to take some taxis, to reach the next autodriveaway-office. In one town (St.Paul, I guess), we both coulnd't find the address (a typical US-street with one number, crossing the whole town, but with several breaks).
The driver said "Sorry, it's my fault. I have to know the addresses in my town. I'll switch off the taxameter now and drive you for free until we have found it".
Annother, quite nice, taxi-experience of my Israel-/Jordan-trip was the taxi-driver in Aquaba at the Red Sea.
( http://imcdb.org/vehicle_186248-Tofas-Sahin.html )
With annother German couple we've arranged a day-complete-price to bring us to Petra. The driver was recommended by the owner of a diving-club (a cousin, surely). Next morning, at the exact, fixed time he stand in front of our hotel.
He brought us on nice roads (not on the fast, but boring "desert highway" between Amman and Saudi-Arabia) to Petra, has showed us a few sights and finally he had also arranged nice rooms for reliable prices in a clean hotel in Petra (owned by his brother, for sure).
This taxi-driver had helped to bring me two great days, two of the most impressive and greates days of my life!
At my autodriveaway-trip across the USA in 1993, I also had to take some taxis, to reach the next autodriveaway-office. In one town (St.Paul, I guess), we both coulnd't find the address (a typical US-street with one number, crossing the whole town, but with several breaks).
The driver said "Sorry, it's my fault. I have to know the addresses in my town. I'll switch off the taxameter now and drive you for free until we have found it".
Annother, quite nice, taxi-experience of my Israel-/Jordan-trip was the taxi-driver in Aquaba at the Red Sea.
( http://imcdb.org/vehicle_186248-Tofas-Sahin.html )
With annother German couple we've arranged a day-complete-price to bring us to Petra. The driver was recommended by the owner of a diving-club (a cousin, surely). Next morning, at the exact, fixed time he stand in front of our hotel.
He brought us on nice roads (not on the fast, but boring "desert highway" between Amman and Saudi-Arabia) to Petra, has showed us a few sights and finally he had also arranged nice rooms for reliable prices in a clean hotel in Petra (owned by his brother, for sure).
This taxi-driver had helped to bring me two great days, two of the most impressive and greates days of my life!