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Over-pricing: Conned by Cabbie
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  • Written by chatterley on Aug 11, 2005
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    • We got into a cab after we left the airport, and started haggling with the cabbie about the cab fare. In the end, we agreed to pay USD7 (we had not changed our money into the Vietnamese Dong yet, we only had USD with us then). Just before we reached our hotel, the cabbie stopped and insisted that we pay him the fare. We sensed that something was amiss, but paid up anyway. Satisfied, he then drove us to the hotel.

    We soon realised that we were over-charged...the amount is no big deal, really, but it really sucks to have been cheated on the first day..just after arrival...If we had paid the original amount he wanted, we would feel worse!

    Always insist on travelling in a metered taxi, and get the cabbie to switch on the meter! Most cabbies in HCMC are ok, but some of them would try to over-charge tourists at the airport.

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    Aidy_p Sun May 20, 2007 16:56 UTC
     Hiya, same aspiration of wanting to get to Hanoi. Great pages.    		hassan_abu Mon Feb 5, 2007 05:52 UTC
     did u try going in one of those entrances to the tunnel. I got stuck in one of them, : )) Anyway, have a Splendid Birthday. Cheers, Abu
    Hewer Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:04 UTC
     I need to get to those Cu Chi tunnels while I can still fit! :-)    		gale.blog.pl Fri Jun 9, 2006 15:27 UTC
     That's a really impressive page about a place that's exotic beyond my imagination :-) Thanks for sharing! I'll be coming back for more of your tips and pics
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