Originally Posted by
KDS777
.....drivers, can turn you down. Happened to me in Pelourinho more than once trying to get a taxi back to the Sheraton.
Maybe because there is also a long and competitive queue for good fares (i.e. that earn a driver a living wage, not the maybe R$5 that would earn) there.......
and that "trip" is really easy walking distance (and I--solo female--have done it many times, both night and day).