Ricky B. you will be smiling at this - we have just arrived back at the hotel, eight taxi trips over the weekend and today we met the chief pirate - daddy of them all, rip off merchant, lesson for all those poor innocents who come to a place like this. For tourists, you need to argue the toss with the driver and get an agreed price sometimes before you get in the motor, BUT the hotel should also offer some guidance. Unfortunately, I would also suggest that for folks thinking this hotel (The Crown Piast) was good value, it is the hidden extras, like the taxis to town sometimes twice a day, beer at £4 a bottle, wine at £22 , Jacuzzi and sauna bookable, and with the most shocking traffic jams at the bottom of the drive . BUT tonight we were being charged 40 for what we were normally paying 22 to 25 one way. Our poor porter, Honey, a young Egyptian and qualified tourist guide in Egypt, had to mediate tonight after our fall out with the local Dick Turpin
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