Jajaja- Man offers my girlfriend and I a taxi ride to Bogota from Melgar for $5

teeo9111 says on Sep 7, 2009, 10:45:

I fail to see the humor. He could have pulled out a gun and said "get in or your girl dies where she stands,you would have had little choice but to get in which means your girl was going to be raped and you WERE going to die. Life has little value here,make no mistake about it.

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robbie1 says on Sep 7, 2009, 11:08:

That's common in Villao. Taxis from Bogota will drop their passengers in Villao and then pick up fares at a deep discount to make some extra money on the drive back to the big city.

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poco says on Sep 7, 2009, 11:42:

Quote: Life has little value here,make no mistake about it.
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Yes, but most don't understand HOW LITTLE VALUE it has.


That being said, it could have been a guy needing a return trip to the area ? So, if you feel a need to help folks then either take the ride and leave a tip or give him 5 mil.

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roccatanski says on Sep 7, 2009, 11:46:

I agree with robbie1 he probably had to return to Bogota anyway.... $5dollars in the pocket is better than nothing

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 7, 2009, 11:59:

Well you can't never be too careful, better safe than sorry.

I agree with robbie1, but you just don't know. :S

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theflatline says on Sep 7, 2009, 12:02:

Probably saw your backback full of dirty clothes and thought five bucks was all you could afford.

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Papi de Alejo says on Sep 7, 2009, 12:31:

Last year, I was traveling with the misses from Manizales to Medellin and when we got to the bus terminal a taxi driver offered us a discount rate to Medellin. Much better than the bus. But there were 4 of us in the taxi. We were a tad bit less comfortable, paid a whole lot less and arrived there faster.

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DouglasMags says on Sep 10, 2009, 06:15:

As we sat in the front seat of the bus waiting for it to fill up, we watched the man who offered us the ride walk around offering nobody else a ride. We sat in the bus for atleast 30 minutes and the man was still there just hanging out. There was also no sign of a taxi. Have you ever been face-to-face with someone that you just knew was up to no good? Well this was definately the case here. Of course I could be wrong about that, but just stating what I felt at the time. Better safe than sorry.

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Papi de Alejo says on Sep 10, 2009, 08:05:

"Better safe than sorry." Always a good modus operandi in Colombia, or anywhere, for that matter.

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