1. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, under any circumstances, lose your passport. It's better to lose yourself than to lose your passport. In case you have, the be prepared to run around the length of the country, not sight-seeing, but, arranging for fresh passports. And if you happen to be Indian, then you might just shell out your entire month's income on that. If you're lucky, you might even get the passports in time for you to return to your country. Otherwise, no curry-rice for the next few months.
2. So, in case you haven't managed to keep your passports safe, then it is imperative to keep your wallets on you all the time. Your passport might be your primary identity but these secondary identities can go a long way in availing discounts and producing proof of your existence on this planet at short notice. Also, wallets are notorious for having the important things in your life that you keep around with you all the time. If you have cards, then your loss is not gargantuan. If you love to carry cash around, then well, I can truly feel your pain. Also, not to demotivate you any further, but the loss of your wallet will hit you like an on-coming train, because then, you will only be your lost driving license away from driving your car.
3. Losing your passport AND your wallet will truly put you in a fix. Its one thing to be identity-less ( you could be a terrorist easily), but its all together another thing to be identity-less and penniless thousands of miles away from home. Not only do you not have proof that you are not, in fact, an alien species, here to spy on humankind, you don't even have the monies to get the proof made. So if you see two men in black suits with dark glasses walking towards you: run.
4. In case the loss of these very sensitive documents drives you a little insane and you turn to your music for some solace, you will find that it helps to not lose your music player, iPod or mp3. If you do lose it, then there is not much to stop you from turning insane.
If all four events occur simultaneously, whilst you are on your vacation, then you must be the unluckiest person to be born and before anything else goes wrong with you, you should get yourself home. That is, the minute your Embassy decides to send you home.
