I feel you on those cab scams lol, My accent is really white wash and so when I'm visiting my parents home countries they try to give me
the slip :3 but it doesn't work because I'm fluent and have talked them out of it a few times.
If they allow us to, we actually plan to strap GoPro Hero's on our helmets so we can later laugh at ourselves. I'm not scared, but when I'm genuinely amazed or overwhelmed I tend to be very vulgar loool
Hopefully you'll have pictures or some cool video from your trip as well ^^