My
girlfriend and I went on a holiday in Hanoi where we travelled between our
hotel and the city daily for dinner and shopped at the famous street maze in
the Old Quarter.
We took care in taking taxis, agreeing on the
fare before getting in. On our last night there, we took a metered taxi. After
driving down a few streets, we noticed the taxi driver was taking a different
route. The meter was tripping furiously.
Realising something was amiss, we asked if he
was lost. He suddenly pulled over at a dark roadside and pointed at our hotel
across the street. The fare turned out to be three times the usual rate for the
same journey. He told us to pay 10 times the amount, citing the exchange rate.
At this, we got really upset and tried to
reason with him. But he punched the steering wheel and insisted that we pay the
amount he wanted. Our passenger doors were locked from his driver's console. We
were trapped!
Left with no choice, we told him to drive to
the police station. In the end, he relented. We paid him the metered rate, not
the exorbitant amount he asked for. We rushed out of the taxi the moment the
doors were unlocked. This experience on the final day marred what had been an
enjoyable holiday.
Lynn, Kuala Lumpur (The Star reader)
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