点评:Scamming on another level, your driver/guide (from a reputable tourism company: Coquil Bonheur) will warm you up to the spices at the market and other things.
When arriving at the market he then takes you to the vendor (where he gets a cut) and explains that this is the best and most honest spice merchant at the market.
This is where the scam starts. The guide will be standing about 5meters away (as not to intrude on your experience). You then smell the spices and want to buy some. They start packaging the spices you want immediately, and at the end they weigh it. It comes out at an obscene amount, in our case Rs4,000 for 3 packets of spice (total weight is probably 300grams). When you buy, this is where the magic happens.
Your guide will now leave you to experience the market on your own (which is actually terrible) and thats where he collects his cut from the heavily overpriced spice vendor. 30mins and one terrible market later, you are out of a lot of your spending money and your guide has pocketed a nice payday through this elaborate scam.
Be very careful, rather go out for a day on a catamaran and enjoy it with hospitable hosts. I will definitely not recommend this to anyone
翻译:骗局升级了!你的司机兼导游(来自一家信誉良好的旅游公司:Coquil Bonheur)会先热情地向你介绍市场上的香料和其他商品。
到达市场后,他会带你去见摊贩(他会从中抽取佣金),并解释说这是市场上最好、最诚实的香料商。
骗局就此开始。导游会站在大约5米远的地方(以免打扰你的体验)。你闻了闻香料,想要买一些。他们会立即开始包装你想要的香料,最后称重。价格高得离谱,我们这次买的3包香料(总重量可能只有300克)就要4000卢比。当你付款时,好戏才刚刚开始。
你的导游会离开,让你独自逛市场(其实市场体验很糟糕),而他则会从那个漫天要价的香料摊贩那里收取佣金。 30分钟后,逛完一个糟糕透顶的市场,你损失了不少零花钱,而你的导游却通过这套精心设计的骗局赚了一笔。
务必小心,还不如选择乘坐双体船出海一天,享受热情好客的船主提供的服务。我绝对不会向任何人推荐这种行程。