四月時在阿根廷火地島，我遇上這趟自動送上門的順風車
Some might say, if you haven’t been robbed, you haven’t been to South America.
人生總有意外，旅行被偷被搶也尋常，特別係如阿媽話齋：有心裝無心，好難防。
司機及跟車二人沿途異常熱情，車上放滿據稱是司機半歲女兒的照片和滿車的毛公仔，除了大談如何掛念他的愛女外，又不斷展示手機內家人朋友的生活照，最後更主動帶我們下車拍照。當然回車廂後很快便發現背囊給人搜過，錢包內現金全失。當時我不禁心中一涼，但礙於他們有刀，再加上他們兩人坐在兩邊車門位置令我根本無路可逃，就算有，我也不見得會跳車逃跑，亦怕質問二人反而會迫得他們一不做二不休，對我更危險，所以都係忍了它，趕緊下車算了。
財物損失事少，心靈受損事大。對於自己這麼容易受騙覺到自己好蠢豬，又對於自己對他人的信任被出賣感到震驚和失望。不過咁，人生總要從失望中找希望，自此無財一身輕，出入也好，截順風車也好，再也不擔心有人覬覦我財物，反而落得自在。再者，因為錢少了便要開始另一種旅行＋工作的模式，結果就是半年下來，食的住的差不多全都不用花錢，除了省下來的跟被偷的還多外，食住質素也不比要付錢的差，而最最重要的是，我仍然一樣遊得開開心心。
Being robbed is nothing new in traveling South America. I was robbed by a truck driver and his partner from hitchhiking in Tierra del Fuego in Argentina. Of course I didn’t like about my money and iPod were gone but the most I hate about it is the trust between people was exploited and the feeling of being stupid and betrayed.
Anyway, the journey must go on and you’re gotta see thing from the bright side. I was actually feeling relief after I no longer need to worry about carrying money and if someone will steal it from me. Not only this, I started another way of traveling and learned to travel more economically and found out that without spending money, the quality of traveling didn’t necessarily change and the happiness remained.
This is a training to survive and to travel at the same time. Be flexible and adaptable are the keywords here.
February 6, 2024 at 7:40 am
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