Comments on: Travel Safety–Keeping it Real

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:03:00 +0000

In reply to hsofia. Seriously! It reminds me of the aunt in the Lemony Snickets movie.

By: hsofia

hsofia — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:22:57 +0000

I can understand the anxiety of being in an unfamiliar place … but imagine if every time a friend or loved one left home we asked, “Aren’t you afraid of something bad happening to you!?” The looks we’d get!

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:32:54 +0000

In reply to Andy. Yes, there are. Thankfully, they are few in number, though.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:40:50 +0000

Great article here, and a very realistic view on travel safety. I have been to places that were supposed to be unsafe and they were quite safe. There are definitely a few no-nos though.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:35:31 +0000

In reply to Georgina. It's akin to reading about a shooting in Chicago and therefore avoiding the entire US. Some of the people I hear complain about safety in other countries live in some of the most dangerous cities in the world. It is quite intriguing how they have a disconnect like that. Your Zanzibar example is perfect.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:33:57 +0000

In reply to Manfred. I also love when people go on an on about food safety and fluoride in the drinking water while they're smoking a pack of cigarettes a day and drinking diet soda like it's going out of style. Things that make you go hmmmmmm. lol

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:31:39 +0000

In reply to Stuart Anderson. Thank you!

By: Georgina

Georgina — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:17:20 +0000

This can be quite a hard concept to get across especially to concerned family or fried who aren’t very well traveled! Recently there was an acidic attack in Zanzibar on 2 british girls, people in UK now when I even mention the place or that I just got back from there and plan to be back there in 2 months time look at me with horror! I get fear I am not without it, I am actually overly cautious even when I travel! But ipeverythg needs perspective, local Zanzibari are just a shocked that it happened, there hasn’t been another foreigner targeted incident in years, you can walk around at night there, and the hospitality is second to none yet trying to convey that is almost impossible! The chances of something happening to you there is tiny, possible but tiny I personally take my bets more there than I do in central londond. I feel when you try and explain relative safety to people you can come across as flippant but bad stuff happens everywhere. I feel safer in zanzibar than I do on tubes in london. We even had an acid attack in the uk recently but that doesn’t mean people are leaving the country! Why does the foreign appear so scary? It’s interesting thought!

Anyway really interesting post!

By: Manfred

Manfred — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:42:55 +0000

People always seem to feel safer in their home town just because it’s familiar to them. If they hear of a shooting they’ll often ignore it because it’s not in their part of town, so irrelevant to them. But if they hear about a shooting in another country they can become scared of the whole country. Another thing that amuses me is to see people smoking, drinking and stuffing their faces with junk food, and then saying they can’t travel somewhere because it’s not safe. LOL.

By: Stuart Anderson

Stuart Anderson — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:47:41 +0000

This is a good read, I like your approach to travelling, enjoy your trips.