I just came back from a trip in Vietnam and Cambodia. Yesterday morning something interesting happened at a coffee shop in Siam Reap international airport, that is confirming what I already thought about how much gets lost in translation whenever I am traveling.
I only had 6USD left in my wallet and intended to buy 2 caffe lattes, which cost 3$ each. Since I saw some strange bill charged to the person in front of me, which had some decimals in it, I decided to double check the latte price with the bartender.
I asked him: "Does the price for caffe latte include the GST/tax or not?"
His reply was: "Orange juice?"
This is just one of many funny stories I encountered so far. Therefore we have to be open to everything when we are traveling to developing countries, since asking for the total price for coffee might in the end get you an orange juice.
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