GUARDIAN | Life and style
The kindness of strangers: at San José airport, I couldn’t pay my departure tax – then a woman handed me the cash
陌生人的善良：在圣荷西机场，我无法支付离境税——然后一位女士递给我现金
‘I realised the border guard was asking those ahead of me to pay US$5 in airport departure tax – money I didn’t have.’
2026-03-01 475词 简单
I tried to argue in appalling Spanish, and tried to offer my bank card and traveller’s cheques, but the border guard shook his head and told me it was cash only. There was no ATM at the airport and it was a Saturday, so the banks were closed. This being the 90s, there were no phones or internet to call for help. He waved me away and served the next person in line.
免责声明：本文来自网络公开资料，仅供学习交流，其观点和倾向不代表本站立场。