CHINA...Scams, Scams & more Scams...the Unsuspecting Tourist. When I go to China...I take my wits with me...or so I think...but as I believe friendliness opens doors...I can be an unsuspecting tourist...a target for scammers...or so they think! Brushes with the Tea Scam, Art Scam, Rolex Scam, Restaurant Scam, Taxi Scam, DVD Scam, Fossil Scam...come to mind. The Fossil Scam: I am in the Stone Forest at Shilin...about 200 kms from Kunming in Yunnan Provence...walking among the rocks. Suddenly a man in dirty clothes and unruly hair...smiles...indicating I should look at a treasure wrapped in cloth. My jaw dropped in wonder...disbelief...a fossil on a layer of slate...two miniature dinosaur lizards intertwined...never seen anything like it...he's offerring it to me...better be quick before someone else comes along and beats me to it!
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