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Popular Warnings or Dangers | Miscellaneous Warnings or Dangers Tips | All Tips (23) This has not happened to me personally but to people I know. Always be alert when driving a hire car from Malaga airport. Theives have been operating by identifying hire cars & slashing their tyres. When the driver pulls over - they will offer to change the tyre & when nobodys looking will make off with any luggage they can get their hands on. I have heard of other similar scams such as if you stop at a petrol station, they will put a newspaper under the windscreen wipers, they wait for you to get out of the car to remove it and then they take your posessions. The bottom line here is to be aware when driving hire cars & if you have to pull over try & do so in a populated area.
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Car Theft is very common in the Malaga province with Rental cars being a prime target. They do not usually take the cars which are mostly fitted with tracking devices but they will break in even if you have nothing of value on show.
Remove your back parcel shelf to show nothing is being carried. Thieves broke into my car when my laptop was in the boot, and it was left in a public place in the middleof the day! Leave a Comment
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Ok, at first I was thinking if I should I include this tip (more like tips!) or I shouldn't since it could just be a one-off occurence.
But since a lot of VT members have actually asked me what it was that made me write: "Some rude & unfriendly people" as the cons in my Malaga intro page, I felt that I had to do this in order to qualify this statement.
So here are some of the tips I have so you'll be more prepared than I was:
1. Do not hang about in back alleys in Malaga city area from 11p.m. on weekends. Especially if you look Oriental. We were disturbed by some louts who called out "Hey, Chino!" to my two Chinese friends. Then they had the nerve to ask us for cigarettes. Losers!
2. If that happens, slip quickly into a kebab stall and enjoy a late night supper..trust the Pakistanis to open shop til late and sell their great tastin kebabs! :)
3. You may probably meet the worst people in bus stations. We were confronted by a pack of 10 guys all dressed like skinheads, in their full leather get-up, and they flashed the White Power sign at us. So just ignore them, and trust me, it's the best time to pretend you are a really dumb tourist. This happened on a weekend afternoon at Malaga bus station.
If you take the night bus, be prepared for the passenger behind to keep on knocking the back of your seat if you recline it even for 1cm!
4. If you take the Renfe train in the morning (6a.m.) to get to Barajas airport, be prepared for horrendous queues. They jump queue A LOT, mind you, so it's ok to be territorial and not let them through. Else, you will never get to the airport and miss your flight!
Having said that, I MUST REITERATE that it doesn't in any way dampen my spirit to revisit the country and also the places which I didn;t get to see or get enough of. It is by far one of the most beautiful places I've been to and the warmth of the Costa Del Sol always beckons! Leave a Comment
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| | | | Beware leather elephants and carved giraffes | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Malaga seemed to have far more street musicians and general street vendors than anywhere else I visited! Which is OK sometimes - there were some reasonavbe street accordionists, a haunting horn player and a top class violinist.
Maybe the 'problem' is that there are fewer tourist to go around in Malaga than other places. I had to push away a very persistent 'shoe-shine' guy while eating my breakfast!
But the most aggressive of them all were the West African ladies selling their wares in the bars and restaurants. I am not saying the goods were poor, far from it, but I don't think any traveller wants to carry around a Sengalese leather elephant, or prancing horse, for the duration of their holiday. The ladies simply walked into bars, plonked all their stuff on your table and started arguing prices.
Funnily though, they did not like to bargain, they were perfectly capable of that themselves!! Without me saying a thing, the price of the leather elephant dropped from 35 euros to 13 euros over a 10 minute period. No, I don't want a leather elephant, thankyou, go away!! Being West African they spoke excellent French and also good English, so "No Comprendo" doesn't work, I'm afraid.
The big no-no is to take a photo of this event. My travelling companion took a furtive photo of me being bargained at. At this point the lady got very angry, seizing our guide book. So we kidnapped the elephant!! After a long tense stand-off, the lady returned with the book and stormed off.
OK, it is not polite to photograph Muslim women, so my friend should have known better. But these women simply do not accept 'no' as an answer. Watch out!! Leave a Comment
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