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"gogu" wrote in message ... Ο "Bruce Remick" έγραψε στο μήνυμα ... "gogu" wrote in message ... i never go to the very few parts of ny i don't feel safe in. never got my pocket picked there. not like paris! they got a cheap plastic wallet with a fake 3 dollar bill. i feel safer in times square at midnight then anytime in paris... This only proves that people in the same location can have different experiences! I never had a bad incident in Paris, in NY on the other hand we had our car stereo stolen!... In tourist-infested places you have more chances to be pickpocketed or to be subject to other forms of "light crime", no matter in what country you are... The prospect of having a loaded wallet stolen in a strange country is hardly a "light crime" to many of us, considering that most would risk bodily harm without a thought to fight off a thief or pickpocket to avoid being left without a wallet and/or passport. That's *if* you are aware that somedy is stealing your wallet! But as we all know most of the times you only understand your wallet is not in your pocket only when you need it to pay for something;-) So comparatively to be shot or similar, losing a few bucks (because I don't think any tourist is stupid enough to carry a wallet full of cash in say, Piazza Navona or in Piazza del Duomo!) is nothing compared to losing your life or the life of your beloved... If I am aware that someone is in the act of trying to steal my wallet or wife's purse, I definitely will confront the individual in the heat of the moment, without regard for what it might cost me healthwise. It's not so much losing a few bucks as it is losing valuable documents, cards, passport, etc., and even just being "violated", although I try to carry only the necessary wallet stuff when traveling abroad. When traveling in high tourist areas I usually wear cargo pants with many velcro pockets, most filled with something. I keep my wallet where I can feel it at all times and usually carry $20-$40 in loose coins & bills in a front pocket so I never have to reach for my wallet in public. I have wandered through all the popular tourist spots in Rome, Paris, London, etc. and have never had a problem. Maybe that black POLICIA t-shirt helps, too. Or that "PLEASE HELP! Dishwashing Job Wanted" sign I sometimes carry around. Bruce |
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On Jun 13, 6:41 am, "note.boy" wrote:
"PC" wrote in message ... Rome has a reputation for being rife with pickpockets as visitors are so overcome by the place they are not as careful as the might normally be, my brother in law had a folded map in his back pocket that he replaced each time it was stolen, he was a victim 3 times as the thieves must have presumed the map to be a wallet holding cash. Billy Yeah, I can believe it of Rome based on my experiences there. I never had my pocket picked, but I saw two pickpocket-related incidents. The first was at the Colosseum. A man (American, judging from the accent) was holding a woman by the arm and yelling for the police, saying he had caught her reaching into a bag he was carrying. The woman was upset-looking and muttered "mistake, mistake" and a few other words in English. I don't think she was fluent in English, but I think she was claiming that she had been next to the man, tried to reach into her purse, and ended up with her hand in his bag by mistake. I didn't stick around to see how it turned out once the police showed up. The second incident happened on the bus. (I later learned from a guidebook that that particular bus line is notorious for pickpockets.) At one stop, two women dressed in Gypsy fashion boarded simultaneously, one at the front door and one at the back. One had a baby and was carrying a bottle. They looked around at their fellow passengers quite a bit, then got off at the next stop at the same time. As the bus pulled away, I saw the one with a baby bottle take a sip of its contents herself (I'm guessing it wasn't filled with formula.) The two were so easy to spot, I kind of wonder if they weren't part of a larger ploy: Put two obvious decoy pickpockets on board, so that passengers instinctively check their wallets, thus revealing their location to the better-disguised real pickpocket. Once the decoys leave, the other passengers relax, and the real pickpocket can go to work. Or maybe I'm being too suspicious there? My strategy to avoid pickpockets was to always use a cloth money belt. I always kept my passport, credit cards, and large denomination cash in the money belt, which can go in front between my shirt and pants. I tend to notice if someone is reaching down the front of my pants :0 I kept a few small notes and coins in my front pockets, and nothing at all in the back pockets. I recommend this strategy to travelleres in Europe and anywhere else that pickpockets are likely. -Robert A. DeRose, Jr. |
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"tony cooper" wrote in message ... \ I don't know if it's still there, but there used to be a sign on the wall where tourists queued-up to enter the Crown Jewels exhibit at the Tower of London. The sign read: Beware of Pickpockets! (or something to that effect) Just about every male, when he came on that sign, patted his clothing where his wallet was kept. Hey Phil you want to step in here? This is absolutely unnacceptable, all this off topic discussion. Where is Phil when you need him? |
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Ο "Bruce Remick" έγραψε στο μήνυμα
... When traveling in high tourist areas I usually wear cargo pants with many velcro pockets, most filled with something. I keep my wallet where I can feel it at all times and usually carry $20-$40 in loose coins & bills in a front pocket so I never have to reach for my wallet in public. I have wandered through all the popular tourist spots in Rome, Paris, London, etc. and have never had a problem. Maybe that black POLICIA t-shirt helps, too. Or that "PLEASE HELP! Dishwashing Job Wanted" sign I sometimes carry around. LOL -- E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi puttane! F.d.A Coins, travels and mo http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/golanule/my_photos http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html Bruce |
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