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Written by Badfish
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Sunday, 06 August 2006 |
Back in July, I was approached by a guy at Wat Prakaew and he told me
it was closed because some monks were praying. I had a farang friend
with me so he targeted us. He offered me and a friend a 20 baht tuk tuk
ride which was regulated by the government. He said only tuk tuks with
the name Chaiyo are regulated. I already knew this whole scam thing and
I refused but he was very insistent and was basically standing right in
front of the palace. I can't believe they just let these guys stand
there in plain view.
On our way out and heading over to the lying Buddha, another guy right
outside the gate approached us. He was very insistent that it was
closed and I got mad at him and I yelled at him "I don't want to buy
any jewelry!" There were two tuk tuk drivers watching this whole thing,
I think they were part of the scam. When the tuk tuk driver heard me
raising my voice at the guy he nearly fell to the ground and I have
never seen a Thai person laugh so hard in my life. He understood every
word I said.
If you didn't know any better, these guys sound very convincing and I
cannot imagine how many tourists they rip off everyday. It would seem like this problem would be so easy to correct but
you can almost be sure that somewhere, somehow, someone's got a
connection or is paying somebody else off. Glad to hear you didn't get
ripped off recycling...
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