>>2819987
>Do you ever fuck with the scammers when you're feeling ornery, or do you just ignore them all?
Not intentionally because they're generally the ones who initiate conversation first. I only play dumb and lead people on as a means to defuse/leave a tense situation without making a scene. Only notable case that I can remember off the top of my head was a tuk-tuk driver in Delhi going apeshit and chasing me on the street because I gave him the exact amount of rupees that we agreed upon prior to the ride and immediately left before he had a chance to pull the scam where he raises the final price for whatever reason.
>>2818325
>India
>hostels
A hotel is the one oasis of peace, quiet, and solitude in India. Think of it in the same context as the safehouse in Left 4 Dead. It's worth the extra 20 dollars a night. I stayed in ONE hostel during my entire time in India (Agra) and it felt as if I was in the sick ward at a hospital. Everyone in my dorm was bedridden with food poisoning and they were all from the UK so they spent the entire night going back and forth between complaining about their trip, coordinating their next plans, playing videos without headphones, coughing loud enough to break the sound barrier, and making banter about the most trivial shit imaginable. I eventually just slept in the lobby because it was psychologically easier to fight off mosquitoes all night instead of listening to them.