A little too much beer perhaps?

A little too much beer perhaps?, originally uploaded by sazztastical.

In one of the now famous - with us anyway - Shanghai taxis. After a little too much beer. Actually I found that travelling this way is actually far more relaxing than getting in one totally sober. I didn't worry once on this journey.

We did have some great trips while we were there though - taxi drivers and cyclists and mopeds alike all seem to go where they want when they want. There doesn't seem to be any speed limits and for the most part nothing seems to stop when the lights turn red.

As for mopeds, well they all drive on the road and the pavement and just spend their entire time with their hand on the horn to let you know they are there and for you to get out of the way.

Oh we also had a row with a taxi driver on Thursday. We kept getting charged different amounts to come back from the same place. The first time it cost us 18Yuan (£1.20) the second time about £1.80 and the third time the ruthless little bugger wanted to charge us 35 Yuan (£2.10!) The cheek.

So we refused to pay him that much saying it was way too much - he just say there shrugging and pointing to the meter saying that's how much it was. So in the end we gave him 25 and told him that was all he would get.

When we got in the hotel I went to the front desk and asked them how much a taxi should cost from Pudong to the hotel. What were we told? About 35-40Yuan.

Oops.