In Reply to: carrying a wallet, i.d., etc... posted by 96822ivan on Monday, 18. February 2013 at 05:07 Bali Time:
Whatever you choose to carry, I have found that keeping my wallet in a side pocket of shorts which has a low pocket around knee level works well. It makes it much more difficult to "pick" than in either your back pocket or a ridiculous bum bag in two ways.
Firstly, knee level is lower that where hands hang, so pickpockets have to bend down to get their hand down low (which is easier to spot ), but more importantly , you are providing a difficult moving target as you walk. This make it much harder to grab than the minimal movement around your hips (back pocket.
Of course, if you are wearing long pants then strapped to your calf an even better spot for same reasons.