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05-30-2017, 08:24 PM
Bogotá, I just hate it with all of my heart and soul. Part of it is personal, like when homer simpson goes to NYC.
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05-30-2017, 11:41 PM
Cambodia.
EVERYWHERE, people try to scam you. Every-fucking-where.
At immigration, I had to pay a bribe of 100 baht or they wouldn't let me in.
We bought a bus ticket for Siem Reap, and after sitting, the driver told us we bought the wrong ticket and had to pay more.
They stopped in a restaurant mid-way, and I got overcharged on the bill. Stood my ground and didn't pay.
When arriving at the bus station, I asked the security where the toilets were, and they told me they'd tell me if I paid 50 baht.
We went to a local restaurant after. The prices were in USD, and since I was paying in Thai Baht, they used their "custom" exchange rate, which was double.
We hailed a tuk tuk to go to our hotel, they quoted us 100 baht (already a rip off) and asked for 200 when arriving.
The next day, we take a bus to go to Angkor temple. Same fucking scam than the first bus.
When arriving at Angkor temple, price was $20 USD. I was paying with Thai baht and they overcharged me 1.5x.
At the temple, we bought some food, and there was a third dish on the bill that we didn't order.
When leaving the temple, we opted for a taxi rather than the bus, to avoid getting scammed, but the driver told us, when arriving, that the quoted price was "per person".
From the hotel to the border, we book a bus from another company. No official scam but driver insisted on getting a tip.
Eating near the border before crossing back in Thailand, short changed.
Leaving the country, immigration asks for 50 baht bribe.
Yep. All true.
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05-31-2017, 06:48 PM
I lived in Cambodia for one year and never got ripped off as much as rawmeo. Theres always a Khmer price, and a tourist price though. Thats when it helps to have local friends
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05-31-2017, 07:20 PM
Quote: (05-30-2017 11:41 PM)Rawmeo Wrote:
Cambodia.
EVERYWHERE, people try to scam you. Every-fucking-where.
At immigration, I had to pay a bribe of 100 baht or they wouldn't let me in.
We bought a bus ticket for Siem Reap, and after sitting, the driver told us we bought the wrong ticket and had to pay more.
They stopped in a restaurant mid-way, and I got overcharged on the bill. Stood my ground and didn't pay.
When arriving at the bus station, I asked the security where the toilets were, and they told me they'd tell me if I paid 50 baht.
We went to a local restaurant after. The prices were in USD, and since I was paying in Thai Baht, they used their "custom" exchange rate, which was double.
We hailed a tuk tuk to go to our hotel, they quoted us 100 baht (already a rip off) and asked for 200 when arriving.
The next day, we take a bus to go to Angkor temple. Same fucking scam than the first bus.
When arriving at Angkor temple, price was $20 USD. I was paying with Thai baht and they overcharged me 1.5x.
At the temple, we bought some food, and there was a third dish on the bill that we didn't order.
When leaving the temple, we opted for a taxi rather than the bus, to avoid getting scammed, but the driver told us, when arriving, that the quoted price was "per person".
From the hotel to the border, we book a bus from another company. No official scam but driver insisted on getting a tip.
Eating near the border before crossing back in Thailand, short changed.
Leaving the country, immigration asks for 50 baht bribe.
Yep. All true.
The best safeguard to assholerly is pre-emptive counter-assholerly.
"How much?"
"..."
"Is that the total price?"
"yes"
"Will you ask me for any more money than that when we arrive for any reason?"
"...no"
"I have [$x]. Do you have change for this?"
"yes"
"If you don't have change for this when we arrive, I'm only going to give you [$y note]. Do you agree to this?"
"...ok"
"Alright".
I'll literally talk to known asshole-groups like that.
This is why Uber is such an amazing benefit to society. It promises to purge the international cunt-ridden group known as "Taxi drivers" out of existence.
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09-20-2017, 05:22 AM
Dhaka, Bangladesh. Was supposed to spend a week there. Spent a day. Plane arrived at 2 am, and a hellacious taxi trip around the city where I thought I was going to get jacked. After paying the taxi driver double to take me to the Radisson of the city that night, decided to venture to my budget place downtown next day. some unsafe, third world stuff. Immediately told the taxi driver to take me to the airport.
Not a tourist in sight. The glares I got while filing into the Dhaka line from Kuala Lumpur should've told me it's off the track
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09-20-2017, 09:19 AM
^ @Lovebug, what were you planning on doing there foran entire week? Is there anything to do at all in Bangladesh?
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09-20-2017, 10:20 AM
^I'm interested too. Even Pakistan seems like a place where you could have crazy adventures, Bangladesh just seems like an out-and-out shithole. Like the worst parts of India without any of the temples, monuments, or naturally beautiful areas.
I guess there is a significant tiger preserve there and the history of the Bangladesh Civil War is pretty interesting, but outside of that, I don't know what a tourist would do there. Anything a person could possibly want to do in Bangladesh could be done in the neighboring Indian state of Bengal -- same language, very similar culture, more to see and do, and not quite as much of a shithole.
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09-20-2017, 11:35 AM
Bangladesh is also the country most prone to natural disasters. It is a matter of time before thousands will die there due to floods, a tsunami or whatever. Whenever I think of a shithole of a country, Bangladesh is the first country to come up in my mind. There's 163 million people living there, can you imagine?
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09-20-2017, 12:59 PM
Dnipro, Ukraine
Insanely ugly with rude people
Not that Kiev is much better though
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09-20-2017, 02:00 PM
There's a pretty cool German travel movie/docu out called "Weit". It's about a couple traveling the world. Much to their (and my) surprise, the most beautiful and friendliest place they visit is Pakistan. The mountain areas of that country look unreal. Honestly made me think about visiting.
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09-20-2017, 02:01 PM
@Step up: how were the women though? Any redeeming value?
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09-20-2017, 02:13 PM
Quote: (09-20-2017 02:01 PM)Robert High Hawk Wrote:
@Step up: how were the women though? Any redeeming value?
Dnipro girls are super hot, the hottest in Ukraine along with Kiev....actually walking around the city center I didn't notice any difference between Kiev and Dnipro.
I was there only three days last year and I liked the girls but the city is ugly and felt unsafe at night, even my airbnb host told me to pay attention and not to walk alone at night (LOL I was alone), but my apartment wasn't exactly in the city center so that may be the reason
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09-20-2017, 04:39 PM
West Bengal, India,
I was on my way to the Himalayas in the province of Sikkim but I had to go through the airport in West Bengal.
I imagine this is what Bangladesh would look like.
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09-21-2017, 07:48 PM
Anfield, Liverpool, UK
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09-23-2017, 03:17 PM
Saint Maarten outside of the resorts. Interior
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09-23-2017, 03:58 PM
People travelling to Third World shitholes to get laid because there is no competition there. *shakes head*