{"id":2732,"date":"2008-05-01T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T09:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2008\/05\/01\/macsays\/"},"modified":"2018-01-02T07:38:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T07:38:40","slug":"macsays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/macsays.html","title":{"rendered":"Mac\nsays&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mac\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/mac-small.jpg\" class=\"pic\" align=\"LEFT\" hspace=\"6\" width=\"64\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\">Regular contributor Mac ruminates on the world of travel &amp; some of his adventures along the way &#61514;<\/p>\n<p>&hellip;a good travel tip that I just read I had not heard before. &ldquo;When paying with currency announce out loud to the banker, trader or similar, type [or print] the exact amount you are giving him so they can&rsquo;t say you gave them too little.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&hellip;a friend related &ldquo;that when he went to China he told the Chinese guide that it was their fault that he is overweight (he isn&rsquo;t)! 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