Although I doubt Taxi drivers in Bangkok, Phnom Penn or Ho Chi Minh are any more honest than Manila cabbies
Been to all of those places,and while the taxi drivers are maybe also not 100% honest they arent as unpleasant,several times I have jumped out of a cab after just leaving NAIA en-route for a destination,we have agreed a price,then as we exit the airport the taxi-driver will turn and thinking he is clever say another price even though we had agreed a minute or so earlier?Better just avoid Manila and fly into Cebu or Davao,a whole sight pleasanter and Davao in particular just feels a whole lot pleasanter and like a breath of fresh air Might be why I am going there next week(and avoiding manila like the plague).