Originally Posted by Athena53

Thanks for the stories! It makes me realize how lucky I was on my first day of my first trip in 2004. It was a Sunday and I got a taxi outside my hotel and asked to go to the Red Fort. He got me to a certain point and then said that he was turning me over to a bicycle rickshaw driver, as cars weren't allowed that close to the Fort. He said he'd be waiting. Since I hadn't paid him anything I decided to trust him. The bicycle rickshaw ride was pretty wild, but as promised, he pedaled around the perimeter and waited while I took a liesurely walk through the place. He picked me up, I paid him the top of the range of what the taxi driver suggested, and dropped me off near the taxi driver, who promptly took me into a souvenir shop. Oh, well. Here's a picture with the view from the bicycle rickshaw.



My colleagues were incredulous when I got into the office the next day and told them of my adventure. So was my mother when I told her later. Since then I've gone with drivers my company provides.