Collecting Evidence

May 21, 2026
Person on a train platform, not paying attention and getting pickpocketed

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The most experienced travelers I know all end up obsessing over the same boring things: backup cards, offline maps, and passport copies hidden in weird places.

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Travel Tip

Pickpocketing isn’t about bad luck. It happens in bottlenecks — train stations, busy intersections, anywhere people bunch up and stop paying attention. If you know when you’re vulnerable, it’s much easier to avoid it.


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