Given our advanced years (and inclinations) we have now been lucky enough to have spent more than fifteen years on the road, either working abroad or backpacking. And, in all that time, such eventualities – being “scammed”, “ripped-off” or “robbed” - have been a real rarity. However, if you do travel extensively and especially if you do so in an independent and ad-hoc manner sooner or later you will be. Take that as a given. No matter what your level of experience, street-smarts or awareness someone somewhere sometime will get one over on you. We have never been to any country that was without kind, helpful and generous individuals but there are, everywhere, those rare exceptions. The afore linked blog proposed an alternative format to those we all usually write – that detail our activities, advice
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