[StevoRocket]

Dont hire a scooter, motorcycle or moped unless you want to be hospitalised. ***

Oh, make sure you have health insurance.

Dont accept invitations to go off hotel campus with people you just met in the hotel bar. ***

Keep an eye on your drink - drugged drinks happen. ***

Dont put your wallet in the back pocket of your trousers/shorts.

Dont display your phone, wallet and car keys on the cafe table in front of you: thieves cover them with a map or newspaper while they distract you. ***

Always attach the security chain to the bedroom door.

Wear a cheap watch. Its painful having a Rolex ripped off your wrist. ***

Wear a cheap local themed T-shirt, not one that says Porsche Club of America or anything that says where you come from and how much money you have - no designer labels.

Never let ladies be naively insecure with their handbags. Not under the table or chair and not hung by the strap over the chair back. Dont let the handbag be where you store passports credit cards and all your cash "for safe keeping". ***

Dont have a Nikon/Canon emblazoned camera strap. ***

Dont have a camera bag, use a small scruffy backpack with no brand labels. Dont leave them "hidden under the bench seat" while you go to the toilet. Wont be there when you get back ***

*** = has happened to friends.


PS. Never assume that the foreigners in the lift/at the bar/in the queue/in the restaurant dont understand English - including swear words..