Originally Posted by thegeneral
You let another man buy you dinner and dessert??? Weird. To me, moral of the story is stay away from quasi-third world countries. I'll still to travelling in the west. At least you're only out $300. You should still chat with VISA about it. Maybe they can pull their credit card account.
This stuff happens in many countries, including in non-quasi-third world countries. I've known a version of this to happen in Miami and Boston. There's reports here of something like this happening in Paris and London too. Staying home because of irrational fear (e.g., fear of being fleeced) is not my first choice.