Short Warning

Here is a short warning for anyone who is travelling in Nepal. People have tried to pull this one over on me twice so far so I think it deserves a post. So when you are exploring in areas that may attract some tourists this can happen frequently. People will come up to you and present you with a some-what official looking document with indeciferable writing and try to get you to pay them an "entrance fee." Do not do this! These people are scam artists so beware. Usually the people who try this know no English at all and just shove some papers in your face and assume that you will get scared of consequences and pay them some money. Again I repeat, do not give them any money! If the person does not look official and is not wearing any sort of uniform then just ignore them. They can be rather persistent because I am sure this trick has worked on tourists before, but just ignoring them is the trick. So far people have tried this on me at Swayambhunath aka "The Monkey Temple" and Durbar Square in Kathmandu.