Attempted Pursesnatching in tuktuk last night
Attempted Pursesnatching in tuktuk last night
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knew to PP still. My Cambodian girl and myself went out for BBQ last night, on the way back 2 motorbikes with 2 guys on each came up alongside the tuktuk, approaching from behind and swooped in really fast. One guy on back of one of the bikes attempted to grab my girls purse, but she had it wrapped around her right arm and he came from the left side of the tuktuk. she screamed and i shoved a hand to pin both her and the purse so he couldnt get it, and tried to get at him with my other free hand.. the guy quickly let loose of the purse and they sped off into the night empty-handed. My girlfriend told me she thought that the tuktuk guy was working with the motodups, in that he traveled at a constant rate of speed, and didn't react or pull away during the attempt. This happened on 199 st going south towards the Sovannah mall area around 9pm last night, the street was deserted due to the buddist holiday.
Report this so that others are aware, still learning my way around.. Think i'm not living in the safest of neighborhoods, my girlfriend picked the location and she is really tight with money, about a block from Savannah mall, a studio only $140/month.
knew to PP still. My Cambodian girl and myself went out for BBQ last night, on the way back 2 motorbikes with 2 guys on each came up alongside the tuktuk, approaching from behind and swooped in really fast. One guy on back of one of the bikes attempted to grab my girls purse, but she had it wrapped around her right arm and he came from the left side of the tuktuk. she screamed and i shoved a hand to pin both her and the purse so he couldnt get it, and tried to get at him with my other free hand.. the guy quickly let loose of the purse and they sped off into the night empty-handed. My girlfriend told me she thought that the tuktuk guy was working with the motodups, in that he traveled at a constant rate of speed, and didn't react or pull away during the attempt. This happened on 199 st going south towards the Sovannah mall area around 9pm last night, the street was deserted due to the buddist holiday.
Report this so that others are aware, still learning my way around.. Think i'm not living in the safest of neighborhoods, my girlfriend picked the location and she is really tight with money, about a block from Savannah mall, a studio only $140/month.
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Be a bit careful about wrapping the bag strap around your arm. I know a barang girl who did that, and when the thieves grabbed her bag she got yanked out of the tuktuk, did a face plant and broke her jaw. Still, when I carry my pack in a tuktuk, i put it on the floor, under my legs, with one shoulder strap wrapped around my lower leg. I figure it would take quite a bit of leverage to yank my 90kg out of a tuktuk.
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Can I ask whether the tuk-tuk had any kind of mesh or net around it?
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yes had mesh half way on each side, didn't stop them from pulling a bit forward and grabbing her purse. The guy couldn't get thru the mesh so came around the side of it, suspect that impeded him greatly.
good point about the bag around the arm, i suspect my arm across her kept her from leaving the tuktuk for the street, I do the same with my bag on the floor with leg thru it myself.
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There was an unfortunate French woman who got dragged off a moto taxi by her neck a few years back. She died.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
I was riding in a tuk tuk a few months back and some grimy moto guys rode up to the side, eyeing my bag. I had it well secured and they were looking at me in obvious annoyance.
The driver saw this and, with a guilty as sin smile on his face, started making conversation and trying to distract me.
The driver saw this and, with a guilty as sin smile on his face, started making conversation and trying to distract me.
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Whatever about all that, just don't carry wallets/ passports/ cards in a bag. Bag snatches are relatively common, muggings involving a stick-up and turning out your pockets are rare, for now.
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having the bag secure via the leg also frees up both arms
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Tuck them in your bra. Marvellous invention if for that reason alone.Lucky Lucan wrote:Whatever about all that, just don't carry wallets/ passports/ cards in a bag. Bag snatches are relatively common, muggings involving a stick-up and turning out your pockets are rare, for now.
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Would love to watch you wreck a couple of guys with your certain set of skills...Jamie_Lambo wrote:having the bag secure via the leg also frees up both arms
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im sure its something easily set up lolFelgerkarb wrote:Would love to watch you wreck a couple of guys with your certain set of skills...Jamie_Lambo wrote:having the bag secure via the leg also frees up both arms
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How about a bum bag? Anyone ever had an experience of a bum bag being snatched?
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Good example of what is probably the best reason to use a real taxi. Tuk tuks are just flat out stupid. Don't use them.
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