Originally Posted by
l'etoile
To those who thought my driver was over-reacting ...I contacted about six drivers ...he was the only one willing to go where I wanted him to downtown and to get out of the car and walk. I don't think he'd done it before, but at least he didn't say no as the others did. Even a driver I had later who lives in Soweto told me he would not take a tourist to the places downtown I wanted to go.
That's what I am shaking my head at. I believe you based on your long Flyertalk history, but it certainly sounds unbelievable to me. Like the others here, I have had many drivers in JoBerg including public taxis, and never seen anything the likes of what you have reported. I've been visiting there for about 15 years now. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it is maybe gender related. Maybe they simply reacted differently because you are a woman? Or maybe you just had bad luck.