And always be on time.If a train or bus says it will leave at 9.21 it leaves right on 9.21.A minute late and you have missed it.
Yes the Japanese ripped off their tourists unmercifully on the Gold Coast.After I learnt Japanese we tried to help out where we could.One night we were sitting next to a Japanese couple on their honeymoon.it was at the Seaworld hotel and the Teppanyaki bar.
She looked miserable.Turned out she had hives from sand fly bites.As well they were wondering how to pay the $50 they were told their transport back to the Casino would cost each of them.
So they got a free trip back with a stop at a chemist for an antihistamine and some calamine lotion.I scored his Mitsubishi tieclip and can still see them in the rear view mirror bowing with heads nearly touching the ground.