Trip Report: Getting Robbed at Knifepoint. - Page 3

Phil153 · #1 09-07-2007, 02:03 AM

So how much are taxis or rickshaws or whatever the hell they have in Thailand?

jaminbird · #2 09-07-2007, 02:06 AM

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...hops off the bike, and holds a knife to my throat while his friends go through my pockets....

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How did 4+ of you fit on a bike?

WhoIam · #3 09-07-2007, 02:26 AM

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...hops off the bike, and holds a knife to my throat while his friends go through my pockets....

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How did 4+ of you fit on a bike?

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There were two or three guys on another bike. I accepted the ride because I didn't know exactly where I was, just the general area, and I was happy to not have to wander around semi-aimlessly. The Lao people are generally very helpful and similar things have happened before without incident.

jtr · #4 09-07-2007, 08:57 PM

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How did 4+ of you fit on a bike?

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Not been to south-east Asia then?

Adebisi · #5 09-07-2007, 02:28 AM

You need to got to youtube and look up Bas Rutten's Self Defense lessons. You could have used that knife to make the assailant slit his own throat.

edfurlong · #6 09-07-2007, 02:29 AM

THE KNIFE WASN'T SHARP YOU [censored] MORON, PAY ATTENTION.

imitation · #7 09-07-2007, 02:33 AM

srsly this story has so many holes please fill in all the gaps.

WhoIam · #8 09-07-2007, 02:37 AM

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srsly this story has so many holes please fill in all the gaps.

[/ QUOTE ]Like what? The whole thing was over in under a minute. They didn't starting reading passages from Foucault's "Discipline and Punish" or anything.

Farfenugen · #9 09-07-2007, 02:44 AM

Wow, sounds like a really bad situation.

I think the lesson here is no matter how friendly everyone seems In a foreign culture you will still always be seen as a walking ATM and an outsider.

I have read many of your posts and I am very surprised at your actions seeing as you seemed like a savvy traveler. Not taking rides from strangers seems like traveling in a third world country 101.

Peter Harris · #10 09-07-2007, 03:32 AM

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srsly this story has so many holes please fill in all the gaps.

[/ QUOTE ]Like what? The whole thing was over in under a minute. They didn't starting reading passages from Foucault's "Discipline and Punish" or anything.

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You got the practical version. Much like just before being robbed you got the practical cliff's of Foucault's "The History of Sexuality".