Epic Roadtrip 2008 we had specific dates we were supposed to be in certain cities to pick people up or drop them off, so I unfortunately had to stress about staying on schedule and keeping us moving. It was kind of a reversal of the usual, because no one else seemed the least bit concerned but I was the one who was always "okay we gotta keep moving" and "we don't have time to do that." But I'm glad everyone else didn't have to worry, I just envy them. (: ...and the decision to pick up random people for different legs of the journey was still the best ever I think, so stressing about the schedule was a decent price to pay.


And re your taxi story, yeah I've heard of them changing the price on arrival, fortunately it hasn't happened to me. And definitely had taxi drivers pester me for rides I really didn't need (see my "arriving in Egypt" entry