How to Avoid Pickpockets
Hi, I use an inside the shirt passport big money pouch for credit/debit cards, big money, passport, stripped airline tickets. I have a cloth money-belt that looks just like a USGI Navy Blue belt that I put 1000$ in emergency cash in just in case. no wallet. casual money (food, drinks, admissions, etc) in 1 pocket and more serious money in other pocket. and on my day bag with camera, maps, etc in it I put a safety pin through the pulls just to make it harder to dip into. ttyl hackamore http://www.hackamoretravel.com |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
On Jul 23, 8:55*pm, Anonymouse wrote:
Hi, I use an inside the shirt passport big money pouch for credit/debit cards, big money, passport, stripped airline tickets. I have a cloth money-belt that looks just like a USGI Navy Blue belt that I put 1000$ in emergency cash in just in case. no wallet. casual money (food, drinks, admissions, etc) in 1 pocket and more serious money in other pocket. and on my day bag with camera, maps, etc in it I put a safety pin through the pulls just to make it harder to dip into. ttyl hackamorehttp://www.hackamoretravel.com I am guessing that this is some advertisement. The real answer is to not look like a tourist. Wear a Burberry trench coat that has so many pockets that no one would have any chance of finding anything. Look like a Mafia hit man and not a schnook. Unlike my chorus director, who went to Paris, and the guy in front of him "tripped," on the Paris Metro escalator (whatever) and he fell, and the guy behind him fell on him, and when he got up his wallet was missing. I've been to Paris a few times, before and after my innocent chorus director, and I never go anywhere with anyone around me. If I even see anyone heading for the ramp, with me, then I circle around. And if anyone were to fall in front of me, in the Paris Metro, I would stomp all over them, and I would get away. The real answer is to keep distance. |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
On 24/07/10 08:41, billzz wrote:
On Jul 23, 8:55 pm, Anonymouse wrote: Hi, I use an inside the shirt passport big money pouch for credit/debit cards, big money, passport, stripped airline tickets. I have a cloth money-belt that looks just like a USGI Navy Blue belt that I put 1000$ in emergency cash in just in case. no wallet. casual money (food, drinks, admissions, etc) in 1 pocket and more serious money in other pocket. and on my day bag with camera, maps, etc in it I put a safety pin through the pulls just to make it harder to dip into. ttyl hackamorehttp://www.hackamoretravel.com I am guessing that this is some advertisement. The real answer is to not look like a tourist. Wear a Burberry trench coat that has so many pockets that no one would have any chance of finding anything. Look like a Mafia hit man and not a schnook. Unlike my chorus director, who went to Paris, and the guy in front of him "tripped," on the Paris Metro escalator (whatever) and he fell, and the guy behind him fell on him, and when he got up his wallet was missing. I've been to Paris a few times, before and after my innocent chorus director, and I never go anywhere with anyone around me. If I even see anyone heading for the ramp, with me, then I circle around. And if anyone were to fall in front of me, in the Paris Metro, I would stomp all over them, and I would get away. The real answer is to keep distance. Avoid behaving and looking like an American tourist. |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
"Martin" wrote in message
... Avoid behaving and looking like an American tourist. Absolutely. Why do Americans feel they have to advertise what they have with them - camera bags, money belts, bum-bags (AKA fanny-packs), manbags...I just stick cash and cards in my trousers pockets! Ian |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
24.7.2010 14:46, Ian F. kirjoitti:
"Martin" wrote in message ... Avoid behaving and looking like an American tourist. Absolutely. Why do Americans feel they have to advertise what they have with them - camera bags, money belts, bum-bags (AKA fanny-packs), manbags...I just stick cash and cards in my trousers pockets! Advertise? I have never met such an American. I would say that typically Oriental tourists have more gadget around their necks than their American colleagues. |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
On 24/07/10 13:46, Ian F. wrote:
"Martin" wrote in message ... Avoid behaving and looking like an American tourist. Absolutely. Why do Americans feel they have to advertise what they have with them - camera bags, money belts, bum-bags (AKA fanny-packs), manbags...I just stick cash and cards in my trousers pockets! Without Americans, the pick pockets would have to pick the pockets of us locals :o) |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
On 24/07/10 13:57, Markku Grönroos wrote:
24.7.2010 14:46, Ian F. kirjoitti: "Martin" wrote in message ... Avoid behaving and looking like an American tourist. Absolutely. Why do Americans feel they have to advertise what they have with them - camera bags, money belts, bum-bags (AKA fanny-packs), manbags...I just stick cash and cards in my trousers pockets! Advertise? I have never met such an American. I would say that typically Oriental tourists have more gadget around their necks than their American colleagues. who have more gadget around their necks than the locals. |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:41:49 +0200, Martin
wrote: On 24/07/10 08:41, billzz wrote: On Jul 23, 8:55 pm, Anonymouse wrote: Hi, I use an inside the shirt passport big money pouch for credit/debit cards, big money, passport, stripped airline tickets. I have a cloth money-belt that looks just like a USGI Navy Blue belt that I put 1000$ in emergency cash in just in case. no wallet. casual money (food, drinks, admissions, etc) in 1 pocket and more serious money in other pocket. and on my day bag with camera, maps, etc in it I put a safety pin through the pulls just to make it harder to dip into. ttyl hackamorehttp://www.hackamoretravel.com I am guessing that this is some advertisement. The real answer is to not look like a tourist. Wear a Burberry trench coat that has so many pockets that no one would have any chance of finding anything. Look like a Mafia hit man and not a schnook. Unlike my chorus director, who went to Paris, and the guy in front of him "tripped," on the Paris Metro escalator (whatever) and he fell, and the guy behind him fell on him, and when he got up his wallet was missing. I've been to Paris a few times, before and after my innocent chorus director, and I never go anywhere with anyone around me. If I even see anyone heading for the ramp, with me, then I circle around. And if anyone were to fall in front of me, in the Paris Metro, I would stomp all over them, and I would get away. The real answer is to keep distance. Avoid behaving and looking like an American tourist. LOL not possible |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
I buy and use Tilley Endurable pants [long leg or shorts] and have a
Tilley Gardener's Hat. The pants have an interior velcro closed pocket inside one of the pockets, into which money and passports, etcetera, go. The hat also has a pocket inside it that is velcro closed that can be used for something light in weight. Not cheap, but they last forever. Great guaranty as well. http://www.tilley.com/ http://www.tilley.com/detail.asp?cat...productNo=UL21 is a pair of shorts with lots of pockets. http://www.tilley.com/detail.asp?cat...productNo=TE22 are the shorts I own. http://www.tilley.com/detail.asp?cat...productNo=TE25 are the pants I own, several pairs of them... They even have a list of how to avoid pickpockets suggestions at: http://www.tilley.com/stories/pickpockets.asp FWIW RsH |
How to Avoid Pickpockets
On 7/24/2010 11:40 AM, RsH wrote:
I buy and use Tilley Endurable pants [long leg or shorts] and have a Tilley Gardener's Hat. The pants have an interior velcro closed pocket inside one of the pockets, into which money and passports, etcetera, go. The hat also has a pocket inside it that is velcro closed that can be used for something light in weight. Not cheap, but they last forever. Great guaranty as well. Or you could simply add velcro to the pockets of clothing you already own... |
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