Had a fun, exciting, learning, being ripped off morning. Met a nice man (so we thought) this morning. Visited for quite a while and he asked if we would like to see his temple (mistake #1). We said yes and walked (mistake 2) with him and visited. Pretty soon he hailed a tuk tuk and said just a short ride (mistake #3) he said he would pay for the ride as it was not far (mistake #4)😢. It gets worse. Tuk tuks not metered, we had been told always take metered tuk tuks.(mistake #5). He did take us to his temple as he is Buddhist. (Some pictures attached hopefully). The temple was magnificent. Then he took us to a jewelry store (now we were getting wiser). Crystal kept telling him NO, so he got the message and we left. On the way he said he needed to catch a train (mistake 6). We said OK. He got off and said, "if you liked the tour you would give me something ?" 1500 rupees later he left. Not a lot US dollars but still ripped off. I had the driver take us to a place we knew to drop us off. The nicest our guide" had not paid the deposit driver, so I knew we were had (mistake 7). Lost the discussion and 10000 rupees later😨 we were walking home . Many lessons learned today. The temple was amazing!!!! 😄😉Other parts not so good!
As we were reading this scripture this morning it seemed appropriate for how our morning went.
Mosiah 23:14
And also trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister, except he be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments.
Statue of Buddha at the temple.
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