Out in Russia
and stuck out near St Petersberg i got off at the wrong stop from my night train and had to find my way to the rest of the party in said city, managed to find a dodgy taxi driver with an eyepatch and a cracked windscreen who charged half as much as the others and drove for a couple of hours like a madman in what seemed like a mad max film while i was trying to be reunited with my luggage and my comfy hotel. At one point we stopped at the taxi drivers house and got to meet his family which was great sitting at a table with three generations of family staring at me not speaking English or i Russian. I was desperate to get out of there as i had a paranoid feeling my throat would be cut and money taken, we managed to play a game of charades to explain my plight and had a few vodkas with taxi driver or snake plisken as i had called him. Snake then took me to all the little bars in the village while he explained my plight to the locals and they had a good laugh, finaly got to st Petersberg very drunk and moving the steering wheel as snake was so pissed he was laughing at oncoming trucks.

Moral of Story no matter how desperate never pay for the cheapest taxi.
( Trollman, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:01, 2 replies)

I've had similar experiences in Russia
and only last week had to bribe customs officials who'd twigged that I was working on a tourist visa.

Bloody night trains, why are they so hot?!
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:32, closed)

Not Sure
But last time i had to share with quite a hot looking lady ,
I know what you mean about bribes the more rural you go the worse it gets although got found with some skunk in vladivostok but al they did was take it for home use.
( Trollman, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:50, closed)