Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Spotted in several districts, with a sign saying he was robbed and needs your financial help to get to his embassy in Hanoi.
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Yet another begpacker, Vietnam is full of them.
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
How do you know he's a BegPacker? Although, I guess by definition - if you're backpacking, get robbed and start begging, you become a 'BegPacker'.
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
His story could be legit. Getting robbed in VN is quite plausible.
However, having your passport, wallet AND phone stolen is overdoing it a bit.
I'd definitely ask for some details regarding how it happened before handing over any cash. If he has a good story, I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and contribute a couple 100k vnd notes.
However, having your passport, wallet AND phone stolen is overdoing it a bit.
I'd definitely ask for some details regarding how it happened before handing over any cash. If he has a good story, I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and contribute a couple 100k vnd notes.
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
I must have golden horseshoes shoved where the sun don't shine because I'm 61, have been to 48 countries (plus Antarctica), once walked through a favela in Rio alone & drunk at 2:00 AM and have never been robbed (except by Thai Immigration officers).
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Is he hitch-hiking ? He doesn't actually ask for money. Need to get to Ha Noi urgently. Need to use someone's phone to call the embassy. I don't think its really begpacking - he's not asking for a ticket to Bali. Desperate times,desperate measures. I give him a pass here.
If you get robbed of everything in a country where you know no one, what are you supposed to do with no phone, no money and no papers ? So many scammers now, do travelers still help each other ?
And who took the photo ? Did they just gawk, snap it, and leave him there ?
If you get robbed of everything in a country where you know no one, what are you supposed to do with no phone, no money and no papers ? So many scammers now, do travelers still help each other ?
And who took the photo ? Did they just gawk, snap it, and leave him there ?
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Yes i think he just needs a lift to get to the embassy,that is what he is asking for,hope he got the assistance he needed:)Anchor Moy wrote: Is he hitch-hiking ? He doesn't actually ask for money. Need to get to Ha Noi urgently. Need to use someone's phone to call the embassy. I don't think its really begpacking - he's not asking for a ticket to Bali. Desperate times,desperate measures. I give him a pass here.
If you get robbed of everything in a country where you know no one, what are you supposed to do with no phone, no money and no papers ? So many scammers now, do travelers still help each other ?
And who took the photo ? Did they just gawk, snap it, and leave him there ?
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
im interested to know what the "etc..." is, what else did they rob?
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:13 pm im interested to know what the "etc..." is, what else did they rob?
It's no surprise that he looks so unhappy. They stole his dong.
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Re: Finnish BegPacker Needs Your Help in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
prahocalypse now wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:26 pmJamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:13 pm im interested to know what the "etc..." is, what else did they rob?
It's no surprise that he looks so unhappy. They stole his dong.
why doesnt he just go visit a police station and get them to contact his embassy and explain his situation... if its legit that is...
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