| Got pickpocketed at AB on Wednesday evening... ...I had pulled 3000 pesos (300 bucks) out of the ATM at Sanborns on Rev and 8th(?).
I put the money in my money belt ( a a slim nylon pouch that sort of hangs underneath my jeans in front...You can't see it) All the pesos were new so they stuck together...) I DIDN'T zip the pouch shut...thinking I didn't need too...I was in AB by the Damas room..standing...and I subtley ( so I thought)reached into the money belt (in public,,,usually I go into the rest room and feign taking a leak to access the money)...A few girls I didn't know came by and started touching me...Also I was wearing my shirt tail out -not tucked in...) and the next time I checked for the dough about two hours later..it was gone... I went to the mens room to take a leak for real and when I opened my pants there where only a few 50 peso notes left...the 100 peso notes were the new ones so they were all clumped together...It would have been easy for a pro to snag the whole bunch...I didn't feel anyone reach into my pants...but they would have only had to reach into the waist band...since the pouch was not zipped...also as I said, my shirt tail was out..so...there it is... I even remember that morning thinking ah, why zip the pouch - it's under my jeans...Lesson learned...also Don't carry so much money in the Zona... I violated the fundamentals that I've always adhered to and got burned...The first time, too...after having spent thousands of hours in the Zona..
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