Never Cross a Cabbie in the Kong

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
11:55 p.m.
Hong Kong

Never get in an argument with a Chinese taxi driver unless (a) you’re really confident of your position, (b) you’re really confident you can get to the hotel entry hall without him catching you, and (c) you have a really good relationship with the hotel doorman.

Suffice it to say, I won. And I got a receipt. And I realized mid-way through the whole thing that this was probably not the battle to pick in a foreign country, even if the little bugger did drive me from here and back. Lesson learned.