Bling...

My husband gave me a necklace.  It's fake.  I requested fake.  Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head. 

 ~Rita Rudner

Leave it at home. Actually, leave anything that you can’t bear to lose at home. Accidents happen, things get lost in repeated packing, pickpockets abound at most tourist spots. Why draw unwanted attention to yourself with eye-catching jewelry? I do buy jewelry on the road, but I keep it in the bag until I get home.

Besides, are you traveling to learn and experience or to impress the locals with how rich you are by wearing items probably worth a year of their wages?

Not wearing jewelry does not guarantee that your pocket won’t get picked, but I believe it reduces the temptation.