Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve (and others planning to visit), Amsterdam taxi drivers are often quite crooked, especially the ones you get at Central Station or at Schiphol. They dislike short trips from those two places because they then lose their place in the queue, and so try to con tourists in the way you describe. My previous office was in an office park near the airport, a 15 Euro taxi ride; however, it would often happen that when someone came to visit us from abroad, they would be taken for a ride (literally) to the tune of 40-50 Euro, or in one case the cabbie told the visitor that our office was within walking distance from the terminal and he refused to take her--even though it was 5-6 km along roads on which pedestrians are not allowed. So a general health warning: enjoy Amsterdam but be careful with the taxis! Oh, and NEVER accept rides from the guys who approach you inside the terminal at Schiphol offering taxies. Nathan Steve Unsworth wrote: > Nathan, I thought about it but the only full days I had in Amsterdam were > Saturday and Sunday. Sunday was taken up with other members of the Leica > web > site forum shooting this year's 'one camera, one lens, one film' project. > So > I didn't have much free time. > > Now that I've seen the web site I wish I had called you :-) > > The only downside of the trip was the taxi drivers at Central Station > trying > to rip me off. My hotel was just south of Leidseplein - and I knew this - > but they were telling me it was way to the south and the fare would be 32 > Euros! > > Anyhow, I really enjoyed Amsterdam and I expect I'll be going again > sometime > in the new year - I'll give you a call when I do. > > Steve > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Bicycle project: http://www.fotocycle.nl Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog