[PUP] Documentation

[John Marshall]

During the time I lived in Asia (we just returned last year), the  
standard practice in one's home was similar to what was suggested  
below for a boat... in that case, we'd pick an obvious storage place  
for valuables, and leaving expired CC, expired passport if you had  
it, and cash equivalent to two months of a local laborer's salary.  
Some bits and pieces of jewelry, maybe worth a few hundred more  
dollars. (Most of the crooks there were imported laborers, so that  
was only a few hundred USD). This was something that everyone who was  
savvy did, locals and expats.

We were lucky and were never burglarized or intruded upon, but if we  
had been, that kind of instant gratification will usually send the  
thieves happily away. Even when the cc's and passports prove useless,  
the cash and jewelry value is still substantial compared to their  
income.

On a boat, I've been told you might want two levels of 'gratuity',  
depending where you are. One that's pretty light weight and could be  
construed as a 'gift' and doesn't include cash, but other things the  
locals like but can't easily get. A number of small bags of cheap but  
desirable goodies. That's useful in gray cases where you aren't sure  
if you're about to become a victim of a crime or just have an  
'enthusiastic visitor' who hasn't boarded your boat but is making you  
nervous. A cheap send-off.

The second is for when its obvious you are getting robbed -- like the  
dudes are in your boat.

In that case, they have to find or you have to make a nice act out of  
giving up your valuables, which of course is stuff you can afford to  
lose. The real valuables have to be hidden very well. You don't want  
the crook to be staring at your safe and demanding you own it with  
the end of a parang (aka machete).

Unless, of course, that's where you keep the trinkets, with the good  
stuff and the major cash under the floor or something.  I'm  
considered doing just that when I go south.

Do these last strategies make sense to those of you who have cruised  
2nd/3rd world waters?

John Marshall
N55-Serendipity
Sequim Bay, WA

On Oct 25, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Robert Miller wrote:

> Dave,
>
> Is part 10 happening a lot, or is this a "just be prepared" point?   
> I have
> no problem giving to the needy when they have a gun on me. LOL
>
> Robert
>
>>
>> 10 Have an old wallet or purse with some old expired CC cards and  
>> a few
>> hundred in cash to surrender to any banditos that you find on the  
>> other end
>> of a gun or knife. Makes them happy and might keep you & yours alive.
>>
>> Must be more but that's all I can think of right now.
>>
>> As always YMMV....
>>
>>
>> Dave & Nancy
>> Swan Song
>> Roughwater 58
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