- Thread starter RubyDiamond
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encuentro beach warning
no phone - he may shoot me for being annoying and having nothing worth stealing
Here's hoping you've now had your encounter with crime here and it's over and done with for a long time.
From a practical point of view, being out and about with no way to call for help if you slip on a rock and break an ankle, or get stuck in a little cove with the tide coming in isn't a great idea. I assume you told someone where you were going and when you'd be back so that if you don't come home, they know where to start looking?
I always have a few hundred pesos in smallish bills in a pocket that I can toss in one direction as I take off in another if that seems like an option at the time.
Your life is the one thing of value you always have with you. Unfortunately some don't value that as much as you do.
Im from a time before mobile phones - we seemed to do alright - i wonder how many people have actually been saved by mobile phones and how many have been shot to obtain them
maybe you should get a realy naff looking toy phone and pretend to ring someone , he will be off like a shot thinking you are some nutter, I have a friend who pretended to take photos with their phone and it never had a camera on it, or wear a wig and throw it at him ..lol
there were actually a lot of people on the beach that day(morning) but none on my route back, I had seen someone else walking earlier but they only have shorts on, no shirt or belongs of any description , however the gunman could have made him go to his home which I presume wasnt far away
What a stupid comment. Who would you call?
I'd call one of my friends, or my doctor, or MOPC or my wife maybe. There is an ambulance service that does answer the telephone from time to time, never called them though. If you are sufficiently in need, call the police. What's a few hundred pesos if they ask to get some help. CESTUR will always come for a foreigner. Call the bomberos, they usually have an ambulance parked next to the truck and it's not like you need a truck full of water. I got a little scratched up on an ATV excursion and pulled into the Bombero station in Montellano and they eagerly cleaned and bandaged my scratches. Call CMC. To get a hold of your insurance number, they will probably come get you themselves.
Who are you going to call? Really? Are you that alone that you can't reach out to someone you know and let them come get you or arrange for some assistance to meet up with you if you are in need?
I guess that's life flying under the radar.
I'd call one of my friends, or my doctor, or MOPC or my wife maybe. There is an ambulance service that does answer the telephone from time to time, never called them though. If you are sufficiently in need, call the police. What's a few hundred pesos if they ask to get some help. CESTUR will always come for a foreigner. Call the bomberos, they usually have an ambulance parked next to the truck and it's not like you need a truck full of water. I got a little scratched up on an ATV excursion and pulled into the Bombero station in Montellano and they eagerly cleaned and bandaged my scratches. Call CMC. To get a hold of your insurance number, they will probably come get you themselves.
Who are you going to call? Really? Are you that alone that you can't reach out to someone you know and let them come get you or arrange for some assistance to meet up with you if you are in need?
I guess that's life flying under the radar.
I came back to erase the previous post but was too late. I'm in a bit of a foul mood tonight and should have turned off the keyboard.
Observation is a skill. If a skill is necessary we work on it and develop it. Like walking and texting at the same time. If you are walking across the Serengeti without being observant in you becoming lunch.
We have all driven from somewhere to somewhere else and are unable to recall anything about the trip except that it didn't rain. When you go outside, you need to remind yourself to have a look around frequently otherwise, we will proceed with our heads down on autopilot. Pick one thing you observe and remember it. The colour of someones shirt for example. 5 minutes later when you take another look at your surroundings to see what has changed, start by recalling that item you made a point to remember from the last time. Soon, you'll get really good at remembering things you've seen but only if you make an effort to do so.
If you pass me on the street and hear me muttering, black, green, blue, Red Sox ball cap you now know that I am not completely insane.
If you don't see the predator coming, then it's a little late to react when they have their teeth around your neck says the gazelle.