In Reply to: Blue bird taxis... posted by Fiona on Sunday, 12. January 2014 at 06:10 Bali Time:
Had a funny experience when recently in Bali, waiting on side of road for a bluebird taksi and all the others kept going past slowly slowly honking I was just waving them away, then this one guy came along and he wasn't blue bird so I am frantically waving him on he's now stopped in the middle of Jln legian his passenger window down and he is almost hanging out the window of passenger seat screaming at me madam I not blue bird but I have meter working!!! We jumped in had a hell of a laugh, and he told us he worked for blue bird for a long time and understand the tourist wants the meter!!!! Lovely bloke, great driver, and tipped him nicely! Had many many more times with no meter just slammed the door and waited for next one! Also had a big screaming match with one guy in the passenger window, I ask him, meter working, he say where you go, I say meter working, he say where you go, he say get inside where you go, I got inside the front seat sat down he say where you go, I said turn your effing meter on drive the elfin car and I will tell you where I'm going!!!! Ended up a nice bloke and gave him a little tip! We an eye opener to the newbies in the back seat! So many taksi stories could write a book!!!!