After reading this super-scary post on a blog about robbery in Ho Chi Minh, I advised Pratik to leave his $500 Android in India when we go to Vietnam. Remember the $500 Android he bought because he was so excited about creating applications! (Well, he never did that)

Here’s some excerpts from the post. Sqcary…

So I was standing on the street corner checking my email with my iPod touch because I still don’t have the internet at my new house…someone must have circled around and seen me standing there. So he was waiting behind me and drove by me on the sidewalk, grabbed it out of my hand and I ran after him to try and catch up, but he managed to speed away with it in his hand. I was screaming at the top of my lungs down my street. Gone.

…after 3 months in this country I’ve already fallen victim to robbery from my hand, a taxi driver who tried to rip off my lap top (and charge me extra for the ride), and someone stealing my wallet at a market.

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