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Lodhs beard wrote:

“No, you’re the liar” Donald Trump, president of the United States of America
“Will you just shut up man” Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States of America

Einswenn wrote:

I am unaffiliated guide and a long term Couchsurfing host so I know this not from social media or websites. If you prepare for your trip you are good. Like in taxi case: there are international apps like Gett or Uber + local IT giants that provide more than just convenient fares and they don’t care who you are if you book via the app.

And the police... dude, it’s odd for Russians too.

Edit: Oh, and if you happen to get in less touristic city and will be lucky enough to find English-speaking person they will likely help you rather than rob you. And bad greedy people or businesses are everywhere, I wouldn’t name them by any nationality

Savinecross wrote:

I reckon there's more chance that he'll pass it onto William as Regent unless he takes the throne and has a pop at the kinghood but really William would be the popular choice amongst us Britons.

Like I said, it depends who you come across. Typical tourists or not, people ripping-off others is not uncommon nor limited to tourists (yet the latter are more commonly targeted). Souvenir shops in general everywhere are considered a tourist trap so that's a given. As for taxis, it depends on the standard fare and routes taken but I suppose everywhere has a different system.
What I meant was added "tax" when afterwards it clearly wasn't the case, same for "administrative costs". I'm not going to write off a whole country due to one or two cases (especially such a vast a diverse country) but it's an undeniable fact that a stranger or foreigner anywhere has statistically more chances of being taken advantage of purely in an economical sense. That said, I will keep in mind what you said :)