Dirty Skank touched my Monkey
Or so I thought and now wished!
What a welcome to South America; only a few hours after being on the continent and I've been robbed. It happened crossing a street in Santiago, Chile. I did think she had merely been playfully tugging on my monkey - Ricci Ricardo, our traveling companion and mascot who used to work for PG Tips, of course - but one block later found cables dangling from my bag. If it wasn't for these darn malfunctioning sound collection devices on the sides of my head I would have turned around earlier!
Luckily she didn't nab anything of value, just an old and empty headphone case. The main section of the bag, containing all the good stuff was locked. Retrospectively I now regard it as a good and cheap lesson. Months of traveling in a relatively safe SE Asia, particularly the Buddhist quarters, have left me a little complacent - South America represents a different prospect and I need to have my wits about me a bit more!
What a welcome to South America; only a few hours after being on the continent and I've been robbed. It happened crossing a street in Santiago, Chile. I did think she had merely been playfully tugging on my monkey - Ricci Ricardo, our traveling companion and mascot who used to work for PG Tips, of course - but one block later found cables dangling from my bag. If it wasn't for these darn malfunctioning sound collection devices on the sides of my head I would have turned around earlier!
Luckily she didn't nab anything of value, just an old and empty headphone case. The main section of the bag, containing all the good stuff was locked. Retrospectively I now regard it as a good and cheap lesson. Months of traveling in a relatively safe SE Asia, particularly the Buddhist quarters, have left me a little complacent - South America represents a different prospect and I need to have my wits about me a bit more!
Whew!! A bit of a relief. When I read the headline, I thought you had your stag do already!
Posted by
John W. |
08 April 2008 10:35