Did I mention that all the taxis have turned red and white in Hong Kong? Well they did. Took me a while to catch a cab with an English speaking driver, but when I did I asked about this phenomenna and learned that each district has its own colors and thoses taxis must stay in that district. Red and Whites can go anywhere. Blues have to stay on Lantau. Turns out all the taxis wanted to be in the city area and the more rural areas were complaining they didn't have any taxis. So this color coding system came to play.
The Hong Kong taxi drivers wouldn't think of not turning on their meter and charging some elevated flat fee. At least none we came across. And every time a taxi was hailed, it would go wherever we wanted, a nice change from Bangkok. We tested this a few times and it held true every time.
So, we like the Hong Kong taxi system better than Bangkok, but the Bangkok taxis are cheaper, if you can get one to work on the meter.
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