Ecuador: Writer experiences every tourist’s nightmare

irishtimes.com/Rachel Creane… four hours after she arrived in Ecuador and experienced every tourist’s nightmare

I felt sick. I wanted to vomit all over the police officer’s desk. Travelling, you are mentally prepared for more ‘manageable’ emergencies. A stolen wallet, a snatched camera, a bout of traveller’s diarrhea. You always have backup – and Imodium. These things are all easily solvable.

But nothing quite prepares you for having absolutely everything stolen. Everything, including your backup (and Imodium). So when the police asked me for some ID, I was torn between making a particularly scathing remark or just starting to wail all over again. Read Article

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