Cowboy Caleb the liberal arts, grown-up stuff & random mischief

Taken

Bored of being enclosed in the safe haven of my hotel room, I went out for a spot of sight-seeing. There are large tracts of shops nearby which I’ve never ventured to, so I headed there.

Therein lies my mistake. The areas I walked to were rather poor, being mainly populated by the hardworking folk that make up the bulk of the labour in the nearby factories. The correct term to describe the place might be ’slums’.

To make a long story short, when I got back, I found that the plastic bag I was holding had been slashed with a knife. My mobile phone which was inside the bag was now missing.

I’m not upset or anything, in fact I’m rather calm. I know I still look like a foreigner in China, and that makes me a target. I’m not going to go out walking in those poorer areas of the city in the future.

Update:
This is fantastic. NOBODY CAN CALL ME BWAAHHAHAHAHA. I’m having a great morning in the office!

i’m just glad you’re fine. :) take careeeeee

my friends had the same experience, the tour guide advised them not to put the wallet at the back pocket, just bring a few dollars out will do.

halfway through, he found out his back pocket got cut open.