Travel

April, 1998

Rolling PlunderTaking a taxi abroad can give new meaning to the expression highway robbery. Except for in London, where cabbies are rigorously schooled in ''the knowledge'' (of the streets), the shortest distance between two points may be an unsolicited sight-seeing tour at an exorbitant rate. In cities such as Prague and Budapest, where four-wheel thievery is notorious, the national tourist offices recommend that you have your hotel order the cab for you, making sure the cab has a meter. Prague...