Comments on: Honduras Flashback: On Being Robbed

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:51:25 +0000

In reply to Gary. Ah, what a shame. I always hate to hear of travelers separated from their cameras!

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 03:28:44 +0000

I heard a story in Ghambia about some bird watching tourists who’d just flown in with about 31/2 grands worth of camera kit.The next day it had been stolen from their room.Lesson,travel with the most inexpensive kit you can get away with.(There’s a difference between inexpensive & cheap !)

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 06:54:39 +0000

In reply to Sandy. Indeed they are :) And would you believe that even after all these years of traveling, this is my ONLY robbery story! And it was a fairly minor one. I could myself lucky! (And I'm knocking on wood.)

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:45:45 +0000

Oh Honduras I haven’t been there in years. My mom’s side of the family is from there. Years ago when I was a teen my cousins, siblings and I were staying with my grandmother for a couple of months. My siblings and I were sleeping upstairs while my cousins were situated downstairs. Well my grandmother leaves the door unlocked and open during the day and she gets up early so one morning before we were awake (don’t know where abuela was) a lady walked into the house into the room my cousins were sleeping and stole a watch, brand new shoes and cash and just walked out.

Another time my family and I were in Florida. Someone broke into the trunk of the car while we were shopping in the mall and stole my dad and my backpacks. Mine had my passport. I was about to start school in a few days so I didn’t need it right away to get back home but boy was it a pain to replace my passport and visas.

Thieves are everywhere.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 01 May 2015 15:13:51 +0000

In reply to Jessica. I am pretty picky about flip flops so I feel your pain at losing a beloved pair. I'm still mourning the loss of a few of my favorites!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 01 May 2015 00:31:39 +0000

I had a very unfortunate flip flop theft in Cameroon. My friends and I woke up after a night’s camping, and all of our shoes had been stolen from outside our tents. I suppose considering we left our truck completely unlocked with all of our valuables inside, we were pretty lucky. But good flip flops are a dime a dozen in Africa so I was pretty heartbroken and barefooted for a few days. In my experience, the less travelled a country the less of a target you seem to be for theft.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:14:42 +0000

In reply to Rhiannon. Ugh, I never know what to do. I hate carrying expensive stuff on me, I hate to leave it behind. Never sure what the right move is! Sorry you had that experience but glad you found a sunny outlook!

By: Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:57:09 +0000

I had my wallet and camera stolen in Bariloche, Argentina last year after some people broke into our rental car while my friend and I were hiking. It really sucked to lose some cash and my debit card but thankfully they left my passport (!) which I know would’ve been so much worse to lose. From now on I’m either going to lock up my valuables at the hotel or never ever let them out of my sight so I guess it was good to learn that lesson and become wiser from it to help in my future travels. 🙂

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:09:56 +0000

In reply to Lucia. Ha, at least you got a great story out of it! All is well that ends well :)

By: Lucia

Lucia — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 00:53:41 +0000

I once left my bag in a hammam in Morocco…why I had even brought it to a public bath still baffles me. We managed to get it back because the women who worked there literally fought with a million people and found out who had taken it, but I still feel so stupid! Happens to every traveler!