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[quote=CARLOS,254668]Canada, 
we all make mistakes, and always can learn about them.

First time I was in Guangzhou with my lao po, easy for me because she happens to speak Chinese ;-) , waiting in taxi line some Chinese man came to talk to her. He offered to take us to our hotel near airport for 180 RMB. He said if take a taxi it would cost 240 RMB. So, we took him. All went fine, he was really friendly and we arrived to our hotel nicely. I had only 100 rmb bills, so I paid him 200.

Next time we took taxi from Guangzhou to airport, it was early morning, taxi was official. My lao po and driver got some kind of agreement, so we took him. He did not put the meter on, so I figured it was his "own" drive. When at airport we paid 120 RMB to him. So, Still I don´t know how much official taxi cost from city to airport, but "unofficial official" was definitely the cheapest.

I think it is more safe, especially when one doesn´t speak language and doesn´t know about how things go, to take official taxi and pay whatever the meter tells.

Carlos

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