Latino Ladron
Five months in South East Asia and not once did anyone try and rob us. Five months in South America and three times now people have tried to relieve me of my possessions!
Regular readers will remember the incident in Chile of course. Then in Ecuador a husband and wife team tried to get me on the bus. She walked halfway down the bus then stopped, looking confused and blocking my path. The husband then comes up behind and I'm pinned as hands search out my wallet in the 'confusion'. Luckily, they got nothing whilst I at least got some minor titilation.
Then today some Bolvian miscreant tried to steal my camera in La Paz. Similar to Santiago it was at a crossing waiting for traffic. Impressively in one smooth move he lifted the case with his jacket and unclipped the catch. Luckily I felt something, turned around and he scarpered - otherwise he was one tea-leaf short of getting away with it.
I'm loving South America and in general South Americans but it is definitely less safe than South East Asia and in particular their buddhist cousins!
Regular readers will remember the incident in Chile of course. Then in Ecuador a husband and wife team tried to get me on the bus. She walked halfway down the bus then stopped, looking confused and blocking my path. The husband then comes up behind and I'm pinned as hands search out my wallet in the 'confusion'. Luckily, they got nothing whilst I at least got some minor titilation.
Then today some Bolvian miscreant tried to steal my camera in La Paz. Similar to Santiago it was at a crossing waiting for traffic. Impressively in one smooth move he lifted the case with his jacket and unclipped the catch. Luckily I felt something, turned around and he scarpered - otherwise he was one tea-leaf short of getting away with it.
I'm loving South America and in general South Americans but it is definitely less safe than South East Asia and in particular their buddhist cousins!
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