the funniest riksha driver in Jaipur - Flower Power No Shower

We had the luck to meet this riksha driver right after arriving to Jaipur, Rajasthan... he was extremely funny and servile and took us wherever we wanted for a very cheap price. He said his name was Flower, but some australian tourist came up with a nickname for him "Flower Power No Shower". Eventually, he´d take us to a jewellery store where a bunch of gem sellers tried to scam us using very tricky manners...they helped us re-book our train tickets and invited us for a party at a local nightclub (together with other tourists) and didn´t want to drive us back to the city for at least 4 hours...there were no buses neither other means of transport, no riksha driving from the night club so we sort of depended on them... My friend came into an argument with their boss and we spent 4 hours in front of the club trying to convince them we should go back to our hotel.... almost no success...we were losing patience already so we decided to walk....we had absolutely no idea where we were and how should we get to the hotel...some armed soldiers were standing around...it was 8 AM and we didnt get no sleep during the whole night...these Indian guys felt offended by my travel mate´s aggressive behaviour and wanted an apology (winking at me secretly, so that I wouldn´t worry)....but my friend was absolutely unwilling and too proud to play their game...I think it was sort of a cultural conflict....but I never ever want to find myself in a situation like this again ...Flower was the riksha with whom it all began, he brought us to these people - Ali, Bali, Tony, Sunny ... at the end, Ali took us to his hotel and tried to make business with us - he wanted us to help him transport some jewels over to our country due to claimed tax discounts....and promised somebody is going to picked it up in Prague...sounded like a scam...at first we agreed cuz we needed to stay somewhere :) but then we told them we´re not making any business.... which led to the end of our "friendship" haha

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• tony
• sunny

[olliec1]

Well done for saying no to the deal. I accepted and in the end they stole £9200 of which I can not get back.

[sisinki]

@olliec1 omg, how did they do it? did you give them credit card details or how did it work?

[sisinki]

@olliec1 I hope you reported to the Police...I'm sure you would be able to identify them, no? maybe next time you go back to India with the revenge...hehe :]

[vinaybhardwj]

He can speak english... not that its an impressive thing ... but good on you mate