Am getting severely pissed off by tourism in Bangalore. When I showed up to the second tour pick up point they said there was no tour as 'not enough people'. Again.

I then spent 1/2hr trying to organize a private tour which cost 3 times as much but they're so dodgy here I kept having to ask things like - does the driver speak English, do commentry, will he wait for me outside each destination, what's his cell phone, will he call my phone as it's a US number, is tax included? First they told me to pay the driver directly then they asked me to pay upfront. I said I'd pay at the end. I also said I wanted to meet the driver before I agreed to the tour at all.

Seriously I was getting majorly pissed off. And to make matters worse the 'customer servive' rep kept smirking. Great way to promote tourism.

Then after all the faffing it turned out that 4 other people showed up and now the tour is back on. This is a relief as it feels more 'official' but I'm still majorly pissed. Mostly by the dodginess.

Waiting to board now. Will report back later.

~ Sent from my iPhone