If you’ve traveled for more than five minutes, you’ve probably met that taxi driver. The one who smiles warmly, helps with your bag… and then, somewhere between your hotel and your sanity, suddenly announces: “Sorry, meter broken.” Ah yes. The international phrase meaning: Prepare your wallet, you sad adventurer. But fear not. Here are the tricks I use to avoid taxi scams in an attempt to keep both my money and my dignity intact. A taxi with Yeni Camii (New Mosque) in the ba