We travel a lot and my wife has renewed her opinion that we not go to the U.S. unless we absolutely must, such as to board a cruise ship. She worries about some random attack where we happen to be.
Seems a bit much. US is a safe country.
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The US is safe for a tourist the way Mexico is safe, you are unlikely to be caught up in a massacre but it does happen every couple of weeks, its just a big country, a big very effed up country
The US is safe for a tourist the way Mexico is safe, you are unlikely to be caught up in a massacre but it does happen every couple of weeks, its just a big country, a big very effed up country
Yeah it’s certainly not worth the headspace as an actual risk. I don’t travel to either of those countries because I have no interest in spending money there.
Wow I would have thought India was much safer. Jamaica adds up from the experiences I' very heard with 'guides' trying to luretourists into blind alleys and such.
Yeah I've always shrugged off warnings from Indian friends when I tell them of my hope to visit India one day, thinking they are exaggerating but those numbers seem to support what they're saying.
U.S. rate is still very low when you consider the enormous number of trips (20 million a year) while the number in Jamaica is alarming considering the much small number of visits (300k). No idea what the heck was going on in Burkina Faso.
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Wow I would have thought India was much safer. Jamaica adds up from the experiences I' very heard with 'guides' trying to luretourists into blind alleys and such.
I know three people who have gone to Jamaica. All three have been mugged.
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I know three people who have gone to Jamaica. All three have been mugged.
I know 2 people who went there for several months doing humanitarian work. The girl said she loved it always dreams of going back because she was fawned over by Jamaican men. The guy was assaulted twice in the first week and the organization wouldn't let him go anywhere without armed security. It's funny listening to them talk and how wildly different their experience was.
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