We took a bus from the Caracas airport into town as it’s a lot cheaper, then a taxi from the bus terminus to our hotel. Three days later, we were going to the airport to try and catch the first flight out to a jungle resort past the Angel Falls. It was 3:30am, so we were lucky that a taxi came along within five minutes. The taxi driver said he knew how to get to the airport bus terminus. A few minutes later, however, he said he didn’t after all. He might've been only half feigning ignorance in the hope that he could take us all the way to the airport, given that we were tourists, therefore wouldn't be expected to know the way. Unfortunately for him, I remembered the taxi ride from the terminus to our hotel three days before, so I directed him there. He certainly took revenge by driving off with our big note without giving us the change.
(Caracas, Venezuela,1986)
