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Bijoy Venugopal3

Ok folks here's Q3 Ever witnessed a travel scam taking place? What did you do? #TravelIST

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when u r out for wild travel, u just become victim :( Hwevr, always enquire well enough and understand what u get at the end!

Seen foreign tourists being ripped off on handicrafts outside the mysore palace. My Friends and me warned them and i think the shopkeeper started shouting in kannada. Couldn't understand what he was saying, probably swearing.

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A2. Some of the Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka, American History Museum (yawn!) #TravelIST

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A3 The whole 'this plc is closed till noon see a gem shop till then' - v refused to go along. #TravelIST

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A3: Not actually! but in general experienced this special Indian habit of creating hype about everthing! :D #TravelIST

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A3. got mobbed by touts while de boarding buses, I try to escape asap making a face as there is someone coming to pick me up #TravelIST

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RT @openroadb4me: A3: Getting off buses, getting swarmed by touts, I try & grab a few other ppl in the same situation & brainstorm an escap…

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Bijoy Venugopal1

A3 I once had a weird conversation with a dude in San Fran who insisted I sign up for trampoline classes!

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Bijoy Venugopal

And I told five people around me who all started to laugh at him! Case closed. Guy took a jump :D

Must say , you handled it pretty well!

@bijoyv Pls tell us, you did! #TravelIST

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Bijoy Venugopal1

A2 Tiger Tourism in India. Capital Scam. Friend paid a bomb and saw none. Then saw one outside the park!

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So lucky he saw one :)

Bijoy Venugopal1

A2 Pretty much everything in Dubai.

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Hello! Looks like everyone is busy thinking!

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Bijoy Venugopal

Think away! My daughter is busy noshing dimsums and the smell is gutting me!

Bijoy Venugopal0

See you all next week. Tweet in your topic suggestions to @Living_Escaping and me. Thank you! Good night!

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Bijoy Venugopal0

Also, share your feedback on Crowdchat. Comfortable with it? Not? Let @Living_Escaping & me know

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Bijoy Venugopal0

Thank you for joining us on #TravelIST tonight. It was loads of fun. Do use the hashtag if you want to tweet in suggestions

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Bijoy Venugopal0

And we're out of time! Catch us next week same time. Topic TBD!

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Bijoy Venugopal0

Awwwwwesome! This chat has been a total surprise. Some new faces, great!

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