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Real Name: Ian
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Tourist Trap: Car parks!
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  • Written by Dick33 on Jun 26, 2006
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    • We drove to the Craft village near Mdina a Maltese man waved us into an empty car park then said "you pay me now." I asked how much thinking he was a car park attendant he said " how much you think," I gave him 50 cents.
    The exact same thing happened at Gnejna Bay beach again I didn't want a confrontation with anyone Maltese so I gave him 50 cents, going back to the car a Maltese man had parked refused to pay.
    So these men are not car park attendants and as I thought you don't have to give them money if you don't want to I still would, it was only 50 cents and I didn't want any bother with enyone Maltese.

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    doodybee Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:30 UTC
     ha-ha we saw the same sign on the costa brava in october last year "privet" indeed "    		Jo-Peters Thu Mar 5, 2009 14:57 UTC
     The same happened to us last year at Valletta waterfront. It was a very busy evening and so we had to park quite a way up the road. Again with us the guy asked "how much you want to pay" and so we knew it was a scam!
    Arkeolog Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:36 UTC
     Your Malta pages brought my memories back. Thanks. Best wishes from Istanbul. Bora    		hunterV Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:19 UTC
     Hello, Ian! Thanks for sharing! Your pages makes interesting reading! Well done! ~
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