if they had no brains abusing them for calling an outside taxi they then pulled the vasco driver out of his cab and took him aside roughing him up the poor chap came to us and said he could not take us to the station and we had to make our own arrangements i had to pay him rs500 as he had come all the way with hardly an hour to spare we had no option but to engage one of the goons who had made our trip so unpleasant he charged us rs1500 says mathur id like to ask the government of goa how they can keep promoting the state as a tourist destination if a tourist does not even have the freedom to choose his own taxi driver i visit goa once a year during the season and i usually rent a bike and have a great time i was not prepared for such an experience and my female friends who were visiting goa for the first time have decided never to return says mathur