Many people in traveling are terrified from the prospect of being victims of aggression. The anxious, fearful, obsessed with the safety, listen well: travel is not dangerous! This is not because you will leave your familiar surroundings you will necessarily fall into a death trap.
That said, there is a minimum of precautions and these precautions are the same in New York, Rome, Bangkok , La Paz or every where in the world. It is true that there are places where you must be more attentive than others. For example, the risk of theft is higher in Peru and Bolivia, who knows why! However, high risk or low risk, ways to counter them are exactly the same. It should not take fewer precautions when the risk is minimal or beeing more vigilant when the risk is high. All preventive measures are just plain common sense and one has only to adapt to the conditions of the countries that you visit. The risk exists, but it's a controlled risk that some rules of prudence quite elementary significantly reduce it.
People like to associate the concept of danger to that of poverty: a rich country would be less dangerous than a poor country. The feeling of absolute security we feel in a familiar environment is as misleading as the feeling of threat that can affect us when it comes out. This is not because the environment is different that it's more threatening. All the regulars of the trip will tell you : it's still in big U.S cities where they are the most attentive.
For the ordinary traveler, there are very few countries at risk. Those who are a danger , are almost completely inaccessible to tourists. Moreover, apart from an aid worker or journalist, who might want to spend his vacation in a country in civil war? However, some regions of countries entirely safe may be more riskful (as West Papua in Indonesia) and some major western cities, perfectly respectable also have unsavory neighborhoods (like the Downtown Miami). They are avoided altogether.
It's the security like health care. The problems would be minimal if they occur at home, but when one is away they can become extremely annoying.
Precautions
- The outward signs of wealthAround the world, it is better to not tempt thieves by displaying their trappings of wealth.Leaves your jewelry at home, bought a cheap watch for the journey,put small earrings worthless, avoid the fancy clothes and makeup too scholarly,replace beautiful bags and beautiful leather bags with accessories less valuable. In short, avoid attracting attention. If you travel from a luxury hotel to another, where the customer is often treated on its apparent signs of wealth, it is transformed into an ordinary person when you come out into the street.
- Luggage
We must never, however little it is, put bags on the floor or leave your luggage unattended, especially in crowded public places like railway stations, airports and public procurement. There may be people waiting around for a split second of inattention on the part of the traveler to leave with his possessions.
It is wise in his travel, pack his bags with a small padlock. Besides that this should reassure people who fear to use smugglers for profit or products promoted on a flight, some instructions will refuse bags which are not locked.It Must sometimes provide a bicycle chain and padlock to secure its large amounts of luggage racks. You can also use this method to tie his suitcase on the occasion of a long journey by public transport.
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Wallets
Never place your wallet in your backpack. It would make life beautiful for the thief who you would have seen. Wallets must be stowed in a front pocket, never in the back pocket of trousers, too easy to strip. It is recommended to keep only a minimum of money and credit cards to safety elsewhere.
- Currency
Always count your money on the place, in front of the person who has surrendered. Some of them intend to take a generous tip at the expense of unsuspecting tourists. When you pay for a service or a purchase, you can take into account the money that he/she should give you ,you should go to the calculator, in font of the officer. It's much more embarrassing for him not to put everything. And even recount what he gave us!
