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by grecy 539 days ago
Pretty normal for a global traveller.

I delt with up to five extortion attempts a day for three years when I drove around Africa. Tons in Honduras too. I NEVER pay, because it makes it worse for those behind me, and now everyone has a cellphone worse for me too - if I pay $20 for them to leave me alone they’ll call the next checkpoint and let them know I’m an easy target.

You get used to it, and believe it or not I started looking forward to the game.