You've always got to keep your wits about you when you travel. As India approaches the hot season there are fewer tourists, so less opportunity to make money, so the business model seems to be 'let's make more money then'. So the ice cream seller forgot the extra change, then handed it over swiftly when asked, the rickshaw driver was stalling when asked for change, and the most annoying of all, drivers who take you to the wrong place, then ask for more money to actually take you to your desired destination. This happens all over the world. I remember being in Bangkok at a small temple in the centre of the city and a tuk tuk driver was taking some tourists around, but to all the wrong sights. It's such a shame when you spend so much getting somewhere then it is made tricky to sight see just by the greed of the drivers. Am glad to report that being taking to the wrong side of New Delhi station just meant that we had a longer walk home!
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