Dingri

Dingri
Originally uploaded by bastchild.

We stopped in this town to get some lunch and pay our Qomolangma National Park fee (405 RMB per vehicle and 65 RMB per person). I went into a small restaurant and asked the cook how much a bowl of noodles was. "6 Yuan," he replied in Mandarin. I brought the others in. When the bill came, they tried to charge us 16 RMB a bowl and even showed me the English menu to prove their point. I spoke with the chef and reminded him that he told me 6 RMB. He finally acquiesced. I have been lucky in China, being able to speak Mandarin, in avoiding such hassles, but I see that tourists tend to get ripped off like elsewhere in Asia.