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Avoiding bus terminal touts and scams in Colombo Pettah

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Oliver B.•4585 rep•2
asked about 20 hours ago

We just arrived in Colombo and the guys outside the Pettah bus terminal are saying the buses are broken down Is this a known scam

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Oliver B.•4585 rep•2

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100% a classic Colombo scam. The public CTB buses are almost never completely broken down. The street touts stand at the entrances and lie to tourists to herd them into overpriced private minivans. Ignore them completely, walk right past them into the terminal, and ask a bus conductor in uniform.

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Amali D.•4130 rep•2

They actually grabbed my backpack to force me to walk with them. Keep your bags tight!

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Sophia M.•5945 rep•2

For anyone reading this, take an Uber to Makumbura Multimodal Center instead. Zero scammers there and very clean.

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Suresh K.•4325 rep•2

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