So when we went to Jaipur we took a bus from Dehli to Jaipur, which was 5-6 hours. I suggest never doing that ever. I have ranted about buses in the past so I will just say briefly that buses are the worst for long distance travel.
It was a bit of a stressful journey, and when we arrived we were tired and just wanted a quick taxi to take us to our hotel so we could un-crinkle ourselves from the tiny bus seat distortions. We got quoted a ridiculous price for the distance, but it was still under 10 bucks so we just didn't care and got in. Then the driver (who could sense easy money) offered to take us around the WHOLE day to all the major monuments for 30 dollars. We said we'd think about it and we'd call him.
When we were in the hotel we figured this wasn't the worst price ever for a whole day's worth of chauffeuring and better the devil you know than the devil you don't, so we called him. The guy was a total piece of ****. He took us to three monuments and this "textile factory" where they tried to get us to buy crap we didn't want (the taxi drivers get a percentage to take tourists here) and then when we said we didn't want to buy jewelry or visit any other tourist rackets, he said we'd seen all there was to see and that we were done for the day.
When we asked to go see other places, or for recommendations for photo-worthy areas, he said there were none that we hadn't already visited that day. We were only driven around from 10 am to 2:30 pm.
We were pretty worn out to argue and when we left the cab he started talking about how the next day it would have to be an extra 10 dollars because there were more hills where we were going. We were too tired and stressed to say anything except, "okay, whatever"
When we left our scumbag cabbie, we swore to never pay him another rupee. The only problem was, we lost his card and he was coming at 9:30 am the next day.
Well, he came to our hotel, but Bret just told him we were too sick to sight see that day and that we weren't going out.
When he left, we got a rickshaw and paid the driver about 4 dollars to take us all over the place.
That's what happens when people get greedy. Both Bret and I would have been thrilled to have a car at a reasonable price because the smog and pollution were really getting to us, but that dumb dumb driver had to go and ruin it.
At least I got some photos I like
Oh dear....I am sorry you got some wrong people in Jaipur and other places.Its true taxi drivers take lot of money from foreign tourists as they think forieners earn lot of money in thier countries.The government should step in and do something at important places like Jaipur,Goa etc.At every step there should e people guiding foreign nationals.People are ready to pay reasonale prices.When they are given this treatment ,impression of India goes down...
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