Ripped off in rainy Rio

It´s been a long past 24 hours. Flying from Puno to Lima to Buenas Aires to Rio de Janiero. Needless to say, by the time I had collected by luggage in Brazil I was slightly delerious. An official cab driver approached me and asked if I needed a ride, I said yes, showed him the address and asked how much it would cost. He said 7, and I thought that sounded low so I repeated 7 several times and he nodded. When we arrived at my hostel, I grabbed my bags and gave him a 10 and he errupted with anger. He then pulled out a pen and wrote 72 on his hand. I handed him all the cash I had (a combination of US dollars and Brazillian money) and he was gone. I later found out that a cab from the airport should cost only 20-30 reals.

Oh well. I had been ripped off earlier in the day at the airport in Lima because the flight attendent checking me in forced me to go to the airport nurse and get another yellow fever vaccination even though I had already received one a few months ago. As it ended up I just had to pay them $30 and they wrote a note pretending they had given me the shot. Definitely starting to get annnoyed and tired of how everyone in South America tries to nickel and dime you.

It´s windy, cloudy and raining right now in Rio although the forecast looks good for the next few days. I will probably take it easy tonight and rest up so I can see/do as much as possible in the next 3 days.