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From: stumpf@homxa.UUCP (P.STUMPF)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Caution - Paris/Lima/London/Florence/New York/...
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Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 08:29:42 EST
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Re:pickpockets/pursesnatchers
I have seen, or experienced, or been with someone who has
had such troubles in a number of large cities around the world.
It's real hard to pay attention to warnings until your first
bad experience, and then it's too late. But try. I wear a money belt
(and I'm 6'5"); pickpockets don't care how big you are - they don't
expect to be caught. In some places, "kids" on motorbikes make
their bucks snatching purses from women walking near the curb.
An effective means of carrying money is to wear a small purse
(e.g. leather back) on a string around your neck and under your
clothing. Avoid wearing gold chains (everywhere (or is that
anywhere?)).
On the bright side, there are honest people too:
I lost a passport/wallet/money carrier in a small
town in Scotland, and everything was returned to the police station
before I got there to report it (this was my first trip overseas).
-- 
Pete Stumpf ..!ihnp4!homxa!stumpf
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