Passenger Tales

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Entries Tagged as 'Taxi'

The Other Side

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Last Monday, I hitched a ride on a taxi with some officemates. We did not have our usual service because our “driver” was on sick leave. The taxi driver told us that he almost did not want to take us to our destination, which is Pasig, because he had a bad experience there one afternoon, […]

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First Taxi Experience in Seoul

January 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Yesterday, after walking around the area near KDI, we decided to take a taxi back to our dormitory because our legs were already aching from the long walk. When we told the driver to take us to KDI, he could not understand us. Since we could not speak Korean, I had my friend show […]

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Yellow Metered Airport Taxis in NAIA

September 20th, 2008 · 29 Comments

The yellow metered airport taxis in NAIA were a pleasant surprise. When I arrived from Korea it was late Thursday night so no one was able to fetch me. I was worrying how I was going to get home since I knew airport taxis cost the earth and it’s very difficult to get […]

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A Bad Beginning To a Monday Morning

February 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

My day started badly when I woke up at around 3:00 am to the sound of my neighbor’s voice talking loudly on his cellphone. I was really irritated because I had a hard time going back to sleep. He was on the phone for sometime. The least he could have done was […]

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Scary Rides - Taxi

February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

One of the scariest taxi rides I can remember happened in Davao almost eight years ago. I was in Davao that time with my officemate Bob (hi bob!) We were conducting a Survey on Productivity Awareness. I was staying with my grandmother whose house was in the suburbs while Bob was staying at the […]

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