Or more to the point, I had..
Plane today from Phuket to Bangkok was at 3:30pm, so to make sure we would be on time, booked a taxi for 2pm - would then arrive at about 2:40.
To pass the time from checkout to the taxi, we went for some lunch at the local pizza place. Come 2pm, the taxi arrives, so we get the bill which was £7 - and then the fun begins.
The credit card machine isn't working, and as we can't withdraw cash here (stupid taiwanese banks) - they make us wait until they fix it ... and wait ... and wait. 20 minutes later, we are told we need to go to their other branch to pay - so my gf is taken off on a scooter to pay, returning 10 minutes later.
Of course now it's 2:30 and we are very late, howeve the taxi driver says he'll do his best to get us there in time. Unfortunately though, it's just not good enough (due to no fault of his own) and we don't make the plane.
Problem is, there is no later plane - nor is there a plane tomorrow, so we're stuck with one on Thursday at a cost of £80, plus the taxi back £12, then 2 more nights in a hotel £30.
So that's £122 as the pizza company wouldn't just let us off £7.
It gets better though. So now we are stuck here for 2 more days, with no cash and unable to get any. The only place which accepts credit card is ... yes, you've guessed it ... the pizza place!
The only saving grace is, after going back in there to complain, they've agreed to give us lunch and dinner for our remaining time here - so that's what we have to look forward to for the rest of the trip: sitting in a hotel room all day (as we can't go and do anything as everywhere needs cash) except for lunch and dinner time when we get our supply of pizza.
Grrr....
Plane today from Phuket to Bangkok was at 3:30pm, so to make sure we would be on time, booked a taxi for 2pm - would then arrive at about 2:40.
To pass the time from checkout to the taxi, we went for some lunch at the local pizza place. Come 2pm, the taxi arrives, so we get the bill which was £7 - and then the fun begins.
The credit card machine isn't working, and as we can't withdraw cash here (stupid taiwanese banks) - they make us wait until they fix it ... and wait ... and wait. 20 minutes later, we are told we need to go to their other branch to pay - so my gf is taken off on a scooter to pay, returning 10 minutes later.
Of course now it's 2:30 and we are very late, howeve the taxi driver says he'll do his best to get us there in time. Unfortunately though, it's just not good enough (due to no fault of his own) and we don't make the plane.
Problem is, there is no later plane - nor is there a plane tomorrow, so we're stuck with one on Thursday at a cost of £80, plus the taxi back £12, then 2 more nights in a hotel £30.
So that's £122 as the pizza company wouldn't just let us off £7.
It gets better though. So now we are stuck here for 2 more days, with no cash and unable to get any. The only place which accepts credit card is ... yes, you've guessed it ... the pizza place!
The only saving grace is, after going back in there to complain, they've agreed to give us lunch and dinner for our remaining time here - so that's what we have to look forward to for the rest of the trip: sitting in a hotel room all day (as we can't go and do anything as everywhere needs cash) except for lunch and dinner time when we get our supply of pizza.
Grrr....
