They want to remain unidentified due to their work and lifestyle.
“Taxi cartels are thing. They can lock you in if you don’t pay what they want. It’s known how they are and they do this to force you to pay. They ask for insane rates. It can get scary. If you don’t pay they could get security [cops] involved, and you don’t want to have to pay more extortion to them or potentially end up in jail, just for someone harassing you.”
While they mentioned how they met many nice people, and point out that many people never have anything bad happened, they say that the common issue of taxi harassment and danger is a known fact of life in Tulum. And that’s on top of the gang violence and corruption Mexico is sadly known to have.
“It’s horrible how crazy it is there. Everything is corrupt. I kept the windows rolled down the whole taxi ride and then I’d open the door when I arrived as I went to pay, just to have an out if they hassled about the price, which happened. It’s not ok and then there’s no one to help.”
