In Reply to: anyone had bad experience with hawkers? posted by mcflurry on Wednesday, 9. February 2005 at 20:53 Bali Time:
I pretend to be French/German and speak sternly in a combination of accents I can't speak either I just mix up a few words non existant wordslike "jojna jou johna cee" that probably means "my banana has flees" in some language - it works 80% of the time. You walk faster and don't make eye contact- the minuite you engage it is a assumed thet negotiations have started