Interacting with locals is one of the highlights of travel. On the flip side, the worst is running into local con artists who treat travelers like they're walking ATM machines. Here's a great post off The View from the Wing blog: Common tourist scams and how to avoid them . Also read the comments by...

Playing a game of "65." Photo: Bev Sykes / Flickr Creative Commons Travel teaches you many things, some pleasant, others not so pleasant. The number of friendly, helpful people far outnumber the scammers, but they do exist. The BBC Travel website featured an article titled Buyer Beware: 10 Common Travel Scams . The locations vary,...