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Mai ou khap
Maybe this is just a Southeast Asia thing, but taxi drivers can be pretty aggressive. Yesterday, I took a 2-hour flight from Chiang Mai to Phuket (an island in southern Thailand) to escape the seasonal northern smoke for a bit. And the moment I walked out into arrivals, the chaos began. Normally when you walk out of the airport you get semi-ambushed, with drivers trying to pull you in and charge 2-3x the local rate. "Taxi! Taxi!" they say. "Where you go sir??" "Cheap price!" But here’s the...