Dear editor,
I picked up the Kyiv Post when I was in Kyiv recently. It was a good read.
As a recent visitor to Kyiv, which I loved and have recommended to my friends here in the United States, can I, however, make one remark – and that is about the taxi drivers.
We accept that, as tourists, we will beoverpriced.
Every single fare we took within Kyiv was always 100 hryvnias.
However, we felt cheated when we were charged a fare of 200 hryvnias from the Kyiv main railway station to Independence Square.
The taxi driver had his meter on and showed it to us. Clearly, it was a fake. We trusted him and the system, which was our mistake.
It was the only sour moment of a lovely week in Kyiv. Despite this, we found the people of Kyiv friendly and the city a real eye-opener.
Much more interesting than Moscow!
Yours faithfully, Michael Burton
London. England
