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There are thieves the width and breadth of Indonesia-snatch thieves, pickpockets, cat-burglars, and on the buses of Sumatra travelers have even been drugged in order to make them easier to rob. Take all imaginable precautions because practically anything you have, they want. Indonesians themselves are very seldom stolen from. At night they accord their motorcycles the ultimate honor: they put them in their bedrooms. The best is to travel through the islands without jewelry, watch, or camera. The less you travel with, the less there is to be stolen, the less resentment is aroused, the less restricted your bargaining position. Money belts, designed to go under your clothes, are recommended for Java and particularly if you're going beyond Indonesia (India?). Never take a room without strong bars on the windows. If you do, either take all your valuables with you when you go out, or hide them very well. Take your own lock and key along. If you're worried at a!l about security, the best is to always stay in a more expensive hotel. As much as you'd like to trust the Indonesians you're staying with, the word that a whitey (connotes 'rich') is in town spreads instantly throughout the whole kampung.


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Quick and quiet, thieves will enter your room through the window while you sleep and steal the camera from the hook above your head or the backpack from underneath your very bed. Purses and bags could be snatched from your shoulder by motorcyclists as you walk along, wet wash is stolen from the line. When writing letters see to it that stamps get postmarked or else they get ripped. When trains stop at stations, never leave anything valuable or unattended on the seats or on the table while the window is open. Another Indonesian specialty is slitting into packs, purses, shoulder bags and pockets with razors. When big interisland ships dock, avoid at all cost passenger crushes. Make money pouches slit-proof with steel line backing or leather reinforcement. Never keep valuables in side pockets or on the top layer of packs. It's no good going to the police. It's gone, that's all. In fact if you go to the police it often costs you more.


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Before the investigation they could ask to talk about it over dinner, which you pay for. Other accounts are of travelers appealing to the police upon theft of their casette recorder; when the police recover it by sheer accident they ask that the traveler give Rp500 'for finding it'. Indonesians borrow things-surfboards, sunglasses, rings, guitars, books, and 'forget to return them' (pinjam lagi, trus hilang). The Indonesians you are forced to move amongst traveling on the cheap frequently confuse generosity with abundance, taking advantage of your good naturedness and your desire to be friendly.





 

 



 

 



 

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