Sorry, I'll have to agree with Merlijn here, you sound a bit naive.

I have been cheated too. But, heh, we're tourists, we don't speak
arabic, we have quite a lot of money compared to the people we had to
deal with... you should have expected that !

2008/7/28 Brian McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Congratulations, that measured a 0.1 on the sarcasm scale.
>
> I'm 39, on my third passport, and no longer live in the country I was born
> and grew up in. If you took all the miles I've flown and stitched them
> together you could probably get to the moon and back.
>
> I know what a travel guide is, and I also know how they sugar-coat things so
> potential tourists don't run away screaming.
>
>
> Brian McNeil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merlijn van
> Deen
> Sent: 28 July 2008 21:06
> To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Comments
>
> 2008/7/28 Brian McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I suppose the key point to take from the gripes Majorly and I have posted
> is
>> that you need input from people outwith the hosting country. People who
> have
>> visited the country as tourists and can comment on where and how there
> will
>> be attempts to take advantage of you.
>
> Yeah. That's called a travel guide.
>
> --valhallasw
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