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Location: Back into the hamster wheel again, in Oslo - Norway. Did a 5 year RTW trip/250 k kms, 2014-2019
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During my 5 year RTW trip I had nothing stolen from my bike nor anything of my belongings I brought into the places I stayed overnight.
I was however mugged two times when I was a pedestrian walking the streets of places I visited. Or to be correct - I was attempted mugged two times, the a**holes never got away with anything.
First time was in Salvador in Brasil. I was walking along a well litten beachwalk which the locals had assured me was safe to walk even after dark as it was very well litten and always busy with people walking there. But this evening the whole city suddenly had a power blackout so the lights on the beach walk went off. So what could I do, I was still 30-40 minutes from where I stayed. I continued walking. Two big black guys came out of a dark corner and attacked me. Tried to get into my pockets and get my phone and my wallet. But I resisted! Then I took a bit of a beating and they grabbed my backpack which I in addition to water, wet wipes and a powerbank also had some groceries I had bought. Then I got mad! Maybe not so smart but I did. I grabbed my backpack back and ran like hell. Those guys only had flipflops and I had a decent pair of hiking shoes. They didnt come after me....I praised my shoes that night!
Then seceond time it happend in Pasto, south Colombia. I was also walking the streets of the city and I used my phone to navigate my way around. I noticed a guy on a twostroke Suzuki motorbike. He passed me several times. Then he came from behind and tried to snatch my phone out of my hands. He missed, he only knocked the phone out of my hands and it fell down on the street. I picked it up and it was not damaged. If they had been two guys on the bike the pillion could easily have snatched my phone. I have seen such snatchers several times. But luckily this guy didnt have any friends that were into phone snatching from gringos that day.
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