The Grumpy Tuk Tuk Driver..

TRACIE . I have been meaning to write about our arrival at Siem Reap. They had barely docked the boat when a bunch of guys came on board trying to get people to take their Tuk Tuk into the city centre. There were also more with signs saying things like "Let me take you into town, only $2".
We agreed we would ride with one young guy, to find that he was hawking rides for someone else. That was fine, so in we got and off we went. A little way down the road, the driver turned around and said "Tomorrow I take you for tour to Angkor Wat, $15.00". No, we said, we are not going to Angkor Wat. Apart from nearly falling off his bike in shock, he seemed quite upset, and after another minute, stopped the bike and turned around and told us that he if we weren't taking a tour with him he couldn't take us into town for $2.00, that it was 16km's and would cost $5.00. No, we said, you told us it was $2.00. But it was 16km's he said. Then we will get out we said, and that we weren't told that the $2.00 fee had conditions. Ok, $3.00 he said. Fine we said. So a snotty driver took us the rest of the way. He managed of course to get us to a guesthouse that would pay him some 'comission' but we obviously spoiled his day. He didnt spoil ours though!