I was MUGGED in Porto, Portugal. - Subtítulos bilingües
Two of his buddies sucker punch me right into the face.
My glasses fall onto the ground,
my nose is bleeding everywhere, and pretty much it's a three on one, these guys are ganging up on me.
Maybe I have a really punchable face, I don't know.
Now, this is definitely not a video that I wanted to make, not gonna lie, my pride hurts a little bit on this one.
It's hard to come on camera with a...
crooked nose.
But I think that this video needs to be made so that people coming to visit Lisbon and Porto Inn anywhere in Europe can be aware and exercise caution in certain
situations and areas.
Let me start by saying that this video is in no way meant to detour people from going out and traveling and coming to Porto.
I have a video about a portrait is one of my favorite videos I have ever filmed,
so make sure to subscribe and follow because you won't want to miss that one.
I also didn't make this video to play the victim and act as though there was no provocation on my side.
This could have happened anywhere in the world, and it's just a part of traveling and being abroad.
It's not always kittens and rainbows.
goes everywhere you go, sunsets and glasses of wine, sometimes traveling can be ugly.
And just part of the journey.
To honest, it's pretty laughable now, but in the moment, things could have gotten very serious.
Portugal is apparently one of the safest countries in the world, and it frequently is in the top 10 safest places year by year.
However, this is a perfect example of how you need to keep your wits about you because things like this can happen anywhere.
It seems like where people come to spend money eventually always becomes targets of pickpocketing, muggings, and tourist scams.
But let's get to the story of what happened.
So basically I'm strolling through Portou, which is a great city to walk in.
There's a lot of hills and I really like the exercise of it and so much to see in a small proximity.
So the incident took place around midnight and I'm walking through Aliyados which is the avenue of the allies,
a very popular tourist place that is crawling with people in the day but at the time there was nobody in the
square and I'm walking.
Talking by the McDonald's,
this is the famous McDonald's that people dub the most beautiful McDonald's in the world,
which is a shame to me to see this beautiful building that could be used for so many cool things turned into a McDonald's.
And I get approached by a guy in a tracksuit trying to sell me illicit drugs.
And at first he was speaking vlogs.
very broken Portuguese.
I tell it wasn't his first language.
And when he heard me speak English, he switches to a broken English.
And I said to him kindly, no, I don't want any drugs.
I'm okay.
Thank you.
And I continue walking.
I tried to ignore him and he continued to follow me.
And he starts asking me more aggressively if I want to buy.
drugs and I told him no I don't want any drugs I'm good thank you very much well
he keeps persisting and persisting and I keep telling him no I'm good and this
went on for a little while and so I just continued to walk down the street and
try to get away from him then he began to follow me quite a ways at this point
tensions were definitely so starting to raise and I was starting to get a bit aggravated this guy for bothering me so much.
And his tone starts to get much more aggressive at this point and he's been following me for almost five minutes now.
So I turn around to him and I aggressively say I don't want to buy anything, leave me alone.
and when I said this, he grabs onto my shirt and he pulls really hard.
We get into this like scuffle and next thing I know,
I hear footprints running up behind me and as I turn to look, two of his buddies sucker punch me right into the face.
My glasses fall on to the ground.
My nose is bleeding everywhere.
I'm wearing this white jacket that is just full of blood at this point.
And pretty much it's a three on one.
These guys are ganging up on me.
Not gonna lie, during this moment, I was definitely afraid of what was gonna happen.
Were they going to beat me senseless and take all of my stuff?
Were they...could they possibly kill me?
But luckily amidst all the commotion happening, these three other guys come running up and chase them off.
Thank God that these guys came to my rescue because who knows what these three guys would like United States or Brazil or any place where they have a really bad violence,
this could have been a lot worse.
And if it wasn't for these guys, I probably wouldn't have walked away with just the shiner and a swollen crooked nose.
So thank you to those guys if you're watching this.
Now I think it's irrelevant to mention what ethnicity is.
ethnicity, or race, the group that attacked me was.
But I think it's important to mention that this isn't the first time I've had an issue
with street peddlers trying to sell illicit drugs in Lisbon and in Porto.
Maybe this is becoming an increasing issue in bigger cities like Lisbon and Porto, and even in the Algarve.
they get more popular and more tourist money comes in.
And afterwards,
this older Portuguese guy,
who was across the way that witnessed it from afar,
came up and started apologizing to me that this is not Portugal and I could kind of feel that his pride in his country was heard to see
something like this happen here.
However, it is interesting that I've also talked to some locals who say that Portou and Lisbon were much
worse 20 years ago and incidents like this were much more common.
Looking back in hindsight there were probably some things that I possibly could have done to maybe avoid this altercation altogether.
And I wanted to share this with you so maybe you don't make the same mistakes that I did.
First situation was I was alone after midnight.
I have been doing this in numerous cities around the world including in United States like Los Angeles San Francisco and Detroit for many years.
So I guess I underestimated any danger that could really happen in Europe and Spain.
Specifically, Portugal, even though I know there can be crimes like this that can happen,
but they typically happen more in cities like Madrid, Paris, and London.
The second situation was that I was a little bit drunk, and I think that these perpetrators targeted me for this.
So I basically was a sitting duck.
Maybe I just got too cold.
comfortable with this idea that Portugal is so safe, and I drop my awareness of the surroundings around me.
Number three is I probably could have ran off into the McDonald's or into a bar,
but my kind of explosive reaction to him not leaving me alone probably didn't help the situation.
And lastly, maybe because I am a nerdy guy.
with glasses, I like an easy target.
Maybe I have a really punchable face.
know.
But I'm also not making this video for political reasons to say that Portugal is much more dangerous than people make it out to be.
But if you come here to visit and you're in the popular tourist areas,
Portugal is becoming a more popular place and with the good certainly brings the bad.
When traveling in Europe or anywhere in Portugal,
it's important to look alive,
keep your wits about you and don't trust anyone if you're in an obvious tourist area because these
are the most commonly targeted places for things like this.
But again, this anywhere in the world.
But does seem like right now there are some increasing tensions for obvious reasons.
And important when visiting any city in Europe to keep that in mind.
Look alive and be aware of your surroundings at all times.
Now lastly,
I want to take a moment to thank all of the locals and people who have welcomed me here and made me feel so much at home.
It has been such a delight and joy to be here,
and I hope if you come to Portugal, you treat it with respect for the culture that's been here for a very long time.
If you want to see more videos about living in Portugal or Europe in general,
make sure to hit the like and subscribe button because I'll be posting videos like this every week on this channel.
Hopefully, we'll see you next time.
Now I'm gonna go ice my face.
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