Get Real! wrote:RichardB wrote:baby-come-fly-with-me wrote:Paphitis wrote:baby-come-fly-with-me wrote:Paphitis wrote:paliometoxo wrote:being stopped by the police and having them take money from me... they only wanted 100 grivnes though.
When travelling in such countries, the trick is to always carry your passport and wallet in a different pocket.
Always have a $100US (sometimes a $50 will do, or even less) note in your passport. When you are stopped by the police, for whatever reason, and you think you might be in trouble, then give them your passport with the $100US note inside.
The corrupt officer will take the note and let you be on your way.
This has got me out of trouble many times in places like Indonesia and Thailand.
I must say, that I have never felt the need to use such a tactic in Cyprus or Greece.
are you cypriot?
Yes I am! Why do you ask?
That is why maybe you havent experienced the corruptive shit alot of the expats have!
As an expat I never experienced the corruptive shit you speak about in Cyprus
I'm not saying that there aren't rip off merchants around but I never experienced it . On the contrary I find that the majority of the 'rip off' merchants especially in the Pafos area are Brit expats.
I think the foreigners and particularly in Paphos and other tourist areas, have created their own little corrupt world of dog eat dog and assume that it’s same all over Cyprus…
Yes it does seem to have been increasing since the mass immigration to the British Protecterate of Peyia and district.
BTW I knew that the value of pensions had dropped with the week pound against the euro ...but when did they start eating dogs???? Jim on CyDy will be distraught
