Soo yesterday we had a long layover in Malaysia. We were so excited to go see the Two Towers and walk around by the ocean (which we were told was right nect tothe towers). We got downtown and were hot and tired and hungry. We tried to find the ocean ( again not there) and went into the towers to eat. I got McDonalds and Emily got something local (go her) and it was so good. We hopped in a taxi to go back to stay in the hotel the airline offered us for the day because we were so frustrated by the lack of ocean and the heat and the rude people. The taxi driver screwed us out of our money (kinda) and we sat arguing with him for a long long time. His meter was faulty and apparently a ten minute ride racked us up to 80US. Shady huh? I said "You drove us in circles and your meter is faulty" and he said something that made it sound like "You are American's you have the money" and Emily went on to say that not all Americans are rich and so on and so forth. Finally we gave him all that we "had" which was a lot of Ringitt and a bit of US dollars. In reality according to his meter we only paid like half what we owed but it still was too much.
So we got back and slept at the hotel by the airport till our flight took off. The only cool thing about it was all the security guards at the airport were younger looking than us and carried around MACHINE GUNS! I felt like I was in a movie.
Needless to say I will never come back here again. Taiwan was cooler.
Love you all!
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Hi Honey... wow. That sounds bad. Sorry that happened. Well, you guys are gonna stand out as "rich" Americans, even though in our terms you're not. People will try to take advantage of you. You guys will figure it out! Just keep a good attitude and have fun. I love you & miss you much. Mom
hi michelle ,,, isnt it sad that other countries naturally assume that as americans all of us have money? i wish!!!! im sorry that you had to face that but you stood up for yourself and i dont think i would have had the balls so good for you on that . continue to enjoy what you can and dont let boneheads like that affect your day too much . love ya lots linda
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