Comments on: Tips for Traveling in “Dangerous” Places

By: ExplorerDad

ExplorerDad — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:04:39 +0000

Great post julie.. I’ve been to a few places where everyone beforehand thought I’m crazy and loved every moment of it – less crowds, friendly locals wanting visitors to come back..etc. I agree most places are usually better than the media/advisory services make them out to be and as long as people follow your tips any problems are reduced. It goes with out saying if you travel more like a local and keep don’t be stupid that problems are unlikely…
Cheers,
Andrew

By: Crystal Place

Crystal Place — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:53:24 +0000

Great article Julie! Loved it!

By: Wilson Usman

Wilson Usman — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:08:31 +0000

Great Post!

Colombian here, I like how you think and its awesome that you are visiting Colombia. I think that as long as you hang around with a group of people there and don’t go anywhere by yourself you will be fine. Enjoy!

By: MommyBa

MommyBa — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:15:58 +0000

Great travel tips! I’ll do the emergency card thing. I just bring my driver’s license whenever I travel and I agree that the emergency card details would be more helpful just in case.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:16:35 +0000

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Tom

By: Mario

Mario — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:09:02 +0000

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By: Get A Trip.com

Get A Trip.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:54:55 +0000

Traveling to dangerous places has been something we have much experience with the likes of backpacking through Libya, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to name just a few. But the older you get and the more we’ve progressed politically and seeing the rise of terrorism makes us not so keen on traveling like that anymore.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:06:27 +0000

Katie:

I lived in PR for 2.5 years and actually, it’s ranked as the fifth most violent country in the world per capita. In addition to the advice I shared in the article, I would strongly recommend NOT traveling to PR around New Year’s. There’s a tradition in some communities of firing off guns into the air and people have been killed by errant bullets. This isn’t just hearsay– the PR police department actually has an annual campaign against this kind of gun happy ringing in of the new year.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:10:07 +0000

nobody warned me about alice springs, australia – got robbed twice there! (and it happend to others as well, just check the local newspaper there).
the second time happend because they stole my car first and i had to stay and work for 2 months to get another transport and out of that dirthole…

By: domina

domina — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:00:18 +0000

I just wanted to let you know that I just returned back from South America and my last country was Colombia. I just as safe as i did any where else and it is by far the most amazing country I have ever been.
Their Spanish is polite and a majority Colombians love travelers.
I am female, traveled alone AND made it home all in one piece! Good luck!