I have decided I am going to stop taking tours if at all possible. They are horrible, horrible regimented things. I mean bus tours, where you go out on a bus packed with 30 tourists and a tour guide to get a 'unique experience' of the sights of the area. It doesn't feel unique to me, but more like a bloody school trip. You're herded on and off the bus en masse and troupe through the places in the way they have decided you want to see them, you are shouted at if you dare hang back a second longer to enjoy a place or take an extra photo, and you are always taken to one of the most expensive, bland places to eat. I think tour guides are coming to hate me as much as I hate their tours - if they shout at me for lingering a couple of seconds longer, I tell them to chill, and I never EVER eat at where they drop us off, instead going for a wander to find the local market or eatery.
I know that the tours pretty much have to work this way to work at all, but they're really not for me. So I will leave well alone, see less but enjoy it more.
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