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Tourist Trap: High bills?!?
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  • Updated by Wafro on Sep 25, 2005
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    • When you visit a restaurant or go shopping, always recount your bill.
    I don't say they're all crooks and cheaters, but when they think you’re a tourist, the end result of your bill could be a few percentages higher.

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    Tourist Trap: Phone calls
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  • Written by Wafro on Mar 2, 2008
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    • When you make a phone call in an internet-café or phone-shop you can expect a phone call when you’re back at home. Some operators guard the phone numbers you’ve dialled and they use it afterwards to ask for money or an invitation letter.

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    Tourist Trap: luggage costs
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    • When you are travelling by public transport the luggage boys or porters will ask you to pay for your luggage. First ask your fellow travellers if they paid for there baggage. Most of the times you don’t have to, but you are always free to pay some small money.

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    Tourist Trap: Dirty public beaches
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    • Public beaches near towns or cities can be sometimes very dirty, they use them as a junkyard or public toilet. It is a pity but the truth. You’ll have to walk a few miles further to enjoy a clean dip in the sea.

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    Tourist Trap: Overcrouwded coral reefs
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    • Public coral reefs in the Red Sea are most of the time OVERcrouwded and for the greater part destroyed by incautious tourists. When you dive into the water, you’ve got to keep in mind that there are other visitors coming after you. TAKE NOTHING BUT PICTURES & DO NOT STEP ON THE CORAL. Corals are living creatures and when you touch them, they certainly will die.

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    Tourist Trap: Big game gnitnuh.
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    • Big game hunting is legal in several African countries, Benin, Cameroon, C.A.R., Tanzania,….... I don’t wanna encourage this because I prefer living animals instead of death ones. But the big money enters the country and development and protection will follow. Governments have shooting quotas, so when everything happens correctly the wildlife will not experience any damage.

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    Alternative: Cameras instead of rifles
    Pictures instead of bullets
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     Thank you very much for the great information, it helped me a lot. bye and enjoyed the pictures
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