On the Sri Lankan "Enterpreneurial Spirit"

Our friend Gabe traveled to Vietnam last year. Being the adventurer he is, he loved it there, but did say that it seemed that all the people there wanted somehow to make money off of him. This is how it feels here in Sri Lanka. Every time we are out and about and some friendly stranger strikes up a seemingly innocent conversation with us, we invariably end up at a gem shop, at some tourist office where they try to sell travel packages, being asked by some random dude to buy him booze, etc.