We rode Sumatra-Java-Bali, only spend 1 month in Indonesia (which is way way too short!!)... our only casualties were my cellphone, that was stolen from a zipped pocket outside my pants by a gang of two slimebags, while exiting a Bemo in Bukittinggi. The other deliberately blocked the doorway, and the other stayed behind me, and opened the zipper. But it was a stupid place to keep the phone, cos I could not feel it being taken away.
Actually the phone was an old one, probably worth less than 5 dollars, and didnt even function properly any more, but losing the sim-card wasn´t good. May be the driver of the bemo was in the plot, too, because once outside the car it it took me just a few seconds to notice what had happened, but they were long gone.
The funny thing was, during this incident I was carrying a Canon 5D with expensive optics on a shoulder strap, this combination was worth around 2500-3000 euros! But I would´ve felt it, if they´d tried to take the camera, and do not even want to think, what probably would´ve happened next (a minor wrestling-match for sure!)...
Other than this one time, we had absolutely no troubles at all in Indonesia, quite the contrary in fact. And it´s a great and hauntingly beautiful country.
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