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My sister once had a bad experience with an evil taxi driver in Mazatclan, Mexico. Since she spoke Spanish she asked the taxi driver for the rate for taking her and her English speaking friends back to the ship. As they were riding back to the ship the taxi driver threatend sp my sister with some mean words saying he wanted more money from them.
She felt really scared and threatened by him. She ran out of the taxi the moment they arrived in port. Lucky for her that it was a safe area with lots of police men guarding the area.
We should have reported the incident to the cruiseship personnel about her negative experience.
There are some ports where the police are not on the side of the cruisers. I think that is what happened in Antigua. If the police are corrupted in some ports it is best for the ships to play it safe than to venture into an unsafe port. That is what I think they should do.

I am sure the salespeople and restaurant owners will be angry with their police department for causing problems for the cruisers. They will be losing lots of money from the cruise ships not stopping in their port in Antigua.

How would you like it if you set a price with a taxi driver and then he doubles the price to take you back to your ship? That is what happened to my sister. I heard that is what happened to the cruisers in Antiqua.

Because of what happened to my sister.... I am very leary of taxi drivers in other countries. I prefer to take their public transportation instead.

<blockquote data-quote="Luci" data-source="post: 1349653" data-attributes="member: 14484">My sister once had a bad experience with an evil taxi driver in Mazatclan, Mexico. Since she spoke Spanish she asked the taxi driver for the rate for taking her and her English speaking friends back to the ship. As they were riding back to the ship the taxi driver threatend sp my sister with some mean words saying he wanted more money from them.She felt really scared and threatened by him. She ran out of the taxi the moment they arrived in port. Lucky for her that it was a safe area with lots of police men guarding the area. We should have reported the incident to the cruiseship personnel about her negative experience.There are some ports where the police are not on the side of the cruisers. I think that is what happened in Antigua. If the police are corrupted in some ports it is best for the ships to play it safe than to venture into an unsafe port. That is what I think they should do.I am sure the salespeople and restaurant owners will be angry with their police department for causing problems for the cruisers. They will be losing lots of money from the cruise ships not stopping in their port in Antigua.How would you like it if you set a price with a taxi driver and then he doubles the price to take you back to your ship? That is what happened to my sister. I heard that is what happened to the cruisers in Antiqua.Because of what happened to my sister.... I am very leary of taxi drivers in other countries. I prefer to take their public transportation instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Luci, post: 1349653, member: 14484"] My sister once had a bad experience with an evil taxi driver in Mazatclan, Mexico. Since she spoke Spanish she asked the taxi driver for the rate for taking her and her English speaking friends back to the ship. As they were riding back to the ship the taxi driver threatend sp my sister with some mean words saying he wanted more money from them. She felt really scared and threatened by him. She ran out of the taxi the moment they arrived in port. Lucky for her that it was a safe area with lots of police men guarding the area. We should have reported the incident to the cruiseship personnel about her negative experience. There are some ports where the police are not on the side of the cruisers. I think that is what happened in Antigua. If the police are corrupted in some ports it is best for the ships to play it safe than to venture into an unsafe port. That is what I think they should do. I am sure the salespeople and restaurant owners will be angry with their police department for causing problems for the cruisers. They will be losing lots of money from the cruise ships not stopping in their port in Antigua. How would you like it if you set a price with a taxi driver and then he doubles the price to take you back to your ship? That is what happened to my sister. I heard that is what happened to the cruisers in Antiqua. Because of what happened to my sister.... I am very leary of taxi drivers in other countries. I prefer to take their public transportation instead. [/QUOTE]