Traveling Tidbit #3
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In big crowded cities people not only have to worry about pickpockets and purse snatchers but cell phone snatchers too. Motorbikes are common throughout southeast asia and anyone unsuspecting chatting on the phone near the curb or crossing the street is vulnerable to getting their phone snatched by a passing motorist.
I actually witnessed this happening to a local which was surprising at first but then realized most locals now own flashier and more expensive phones than foreigners (the economy is booming). I was walking by two people on the corner and one girl was talking on her phone and a guy and a girl driving by on a motorbike snatched the cell phone out of her hands and took off (guy driving, girl snatching).
