A rare Manila taxi driver

In all my years of getting cabs here in Manila, tonight was one of those rare instances wherein the taxi driver was made of awesome.

These are the reasons:

• He said that I should just pay him a hundred pesos (roughly USD 2.5) as he picked the wrong route when I gave him the freedom to choose which roads to take to hasten the trip.
• His playlist consisted of Queen and Freddie Mercury tracks, including the tribute concert and some remixes

I decided to give him twice the fare that he mentioned when he dropped me off.

Let’s just say that some Manila taxi drivers have this general rep of being swindlers.