Taxis
I used the taxis quite often to travel between my hotels and the train or bus stations. There were always plenty of them around, even in quiet areas and I never had trouble finding one, even during busy times of the day. Usually, if I said that I was planning to take a taxi, a local person from the train, bus or hotel would tell me the approximate price for the journey and most of the taxi drivers were very fair and simply asked for the price I had been told to expect. Of course one or two did try to make some extra money by asking for more than the usual amount but they would usually reduce their demand if they were refused. What I did find annoying was that some of them did not know the areas that they worked in very well and relied on their passengers to be able to give directions to their destination rather than just an address. When they had trouble finding a place, they would often...
