How Travelers Recover Lost: From Hours to Million Dollars
Many travelers have lost their belongings on a trip at least once. If the thing is insignificant and was lost in the favorite resort, then most people rejoice in this coincidence. There is a sign that losing a thing means returning.
In other words, tourists who lose serious amounts of money or expensive things on the trip.
A tourist who forgot 700 thousand baht (1.4 million rubles) in a Thai restaurant belonged to this category. The missing money, which the Thai tourist wanted to put in the bank, he found at the gas station, where he went after lunch in a restaurant in the province of Phetchabun.
As reported by the Bangkok Post newspaper, the tourist wrote a message to a Facebook group created to help tourists visiting Phu Thap Buek. The manager of the group contacted the owner of the restaurant, and he replied that the money was found. After that, they gave it to the owner.
A Russian woman who lost an expensive watch in the emirate of Dubai in early January did not report her disappearance to social media and police.
Police in the emirate of Dubai have repeatedly returned expensive lost items to their rightful owners, even those tourists who left the country. This case was no exception, but the search had to work, as there was no statement to the police.
Law enforcers found out that the watch was not purchased in the UAE, and the investigation brought them to a tourist from Russia.
A similar case occurred with a tourist from New York, he is on vacation in the city of Kochi (in Russian).India) lost a $1,400 phone. The “rescuer” was a taxi driver who accidentally saw the phone on the side of the road, contacted the police station and handed over the gadget, and the police found a scattered tourist.
In Israel The “superhero” for a 31-year-old resident of the suburbs of Haifa was a bus driver, he returned the forgetful passenger bag with a large amount of cash intended for the organization of her wedding.
The driver from the documents through the help service learned the woman's phone number, and the rest was a matter of technology.
A taxi driver from Kathmandu (Nepal) was honored. He took a tourist from Korea, and after the trip found that the tourist left in the cabin laptop, bank cards and 342 thousand rupees (300 thousand rubles). After contacting the traffic police, the tourist was found.
The most generous was the tourist UAEHe lost his wallet and phone while traveling in South Korea in 2017. The man turned to passers-by in desperation and asked to lend one of them $350. A resident of South Korea provided assistance, and a week later, a resident of the emirate of Dubai called the South Korean and asked him to give him information about the bank account to repay the debt. What was the surprise of a resident of Korea, when on his account instead of $ 350 he received a million.
Source: atorus