Story and photos by Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet TM
The audacious and resourceful Travelling Gourmet TM explains the ways to keep you and your loved ones safe when you travel…in
MANY sometimes dangerous parts of the world…
Never give your first name to the hotel.
For women travelling alone one good option is to put Mrs. to give the impression there is a husband with you.
If alone you can also put Mr. even if you are a woman.
Put the lights, TV and/or radio on, in your hotel room or suite even when you are out sightseeing. This gives a potential robber/evil guy the idea there is someone inside the room…so they will pick a softer target…capische…
Be extremely careful in Internet Cafes and free WiFi…prime targets for hackers to steal your data…
Wear cheap watches, no diamond studded watches. No bling and big diamond rings…It is just common sense actually.
Remember criminals will rob you even of you are a paragon of virtue like the Dalai Lama. It is not personal. It is how they make a living. A sad commentary on the human race but true.
Carry a hot cup of coffee like from McD…I love McD! In an emergency a hot cup of coffee in the face of your attacker will temporarily burn and blind him so you can escape or do other things to take good care of him…like see some extreme harm comes to him…
Stay on Floors 4 to 6 in a hotel.
Low enough to make a quick escape BUT
High enough to prevent thieves and burglars climbing in.
Always watch your SIX. Criminals attack you from the back.
General Alfredo Lim is the former Mayor of Metro Manila in the Philippines, and former Director of the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation}. General Lim is famous or infamous depending on your point of view, as Alfredo is also known as the “Dirty Harry” of the Philippines. Alfredo always sits in the corner of, for example, a restaurant or café in the corner with walls behind him (brick and concrete walls not plasterboard) near the exit. This gives him a clear view of any approaching dangerous lowlife criminals, and a quick escape route. Of course, then no one can creep up behind him and shoot him in the head or stab him with a bowie knife. Alfredo never carried handcuffs when he was a law enforcement officer…think about it…Incidentally, we share the same family name…In my book, General Lim is a hero of the Philippines.
Learn Krav Maga.
Martial Arts are just that…an Art like Picasso and Monet. They may not work in real life life or death situations.
Sports like Judo, are SPORTS like tennis with RULES! In life and death situations, there are NO rules. It may be kill or be killed.
Travel safe, be cool.
DTA.
The Travelling Gourmet 