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Would you visit anywhere in Central/South America right now as an American?
Posted on 11/5/19 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 11/5/19 at 8:09 pm
Seems more dangerous than anywhere overseas including South Africa, Egypt, and Dubai.
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Posted on 11/5/19 at 8:10 pm to tduecen
You are better than this
Posted on 11/5/19 at 8:33 pm to tduecen
How many Americans have been killed in Central/South America recently?
I'll wait.
I'll wait.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 8:47 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I mean there are safety concerns issued by the government through both locations currently...
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:08 pm to tduecen
So you’re writing off an entire continent and adjacent region? Why are you worried about visiting Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina....cmon, stop generalizing. Yes, some specific spots are not calm or stable at the moment, but for goodness sakes, it’s huge landmass.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:16 pm to tduecen
Costa Rica, Uruguay, places like that are fine. But you are right that there are a lot of shiteholes. Wouldn't visit mainland Honduras, Guatemala or most of Mexico.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:21 pm to tduecen
Yes with a few exceptions I’d visit anywhere in central and South America
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:27 pm to hungryone
With most of it where people will not visit, not a good sign. Like saying, "hey I want to visit the US but only the eastern seaboard because it is safe"
You miss out because of the frickerty of the rest of the country
You miss out because of the frickerty of the rest of the country
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:29 pm to tduecen
Funny you mention it. I went to Peru in 2017 and South Africa in 2018.
So ya, would go.
So ya, would go.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:35 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
I'll stick to Europe and other places first before these questionable places.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:37 pm to tduecen
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I'll stick to Europe and other places first before these questionable places.
That's a shame.
I think South Africa has had less than five tourists murdered in the last ten years.
Something pretty low like that. But other crime for sure.
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:50 pm to tduecen
Outside of some African shitholes and maybe a few other random countries, I'd go just about anywhere. Venezuela may be a no for me, and maybe Guyana and French guiana in south america. Maybe skip el Salvador in central America
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:55 pm to tduecen
You do realize that most of Europe has those same government issued security warnings, right? Pretty ignorant to write off the entire continent of South America based on what you are looking at. Plenty of very safe, beautiful countries there.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 9:59 pm to tduecen
Spent two weeks in Mexico in the last 3 months (including a week in Juarez), and my father in law just got back from a 3 weeks in Argentina (including on the border of Chile), and neither one of us felt anything close to unsafe. He also has done Brazil numerous times and a couple weeks in Egypt within the last year. He said Egypt only felt unsafe because of the amount of security.
There’s maybe 10-15 places in the world that are truly unsafe, and no one are going there anyway (Syria, North Korea, Iran, Yemen, Uganda, Somalia, Venezuela, and El Salvador to name a few).
There’s maybe 10-15 places in the world that are truly unsafe, and no one are going there anyway (Syria, North Korea, Iran, Yemen, Uganda, Somalia, Venezuela, and El Salvador to name a few).
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:03 pm to tduecen
I'm surprised you can even leave the house.
Posted on 11/5/19 at 10:54 pm to Zappas Stache
I just got back from Peru. An amazing country that I would recommend anyone to visit
Posted on 11/5/19 at 11:00 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
quote:may not be all Americans but I can visit Chicago for the same experience
Cape Town is a well-known tourist hotspot, but also one of the most divided and dangerous cities in the world.
It has seen an average of eight murders a day, for the first six months of this year.
In one weekend in July, 43 people were killed
This post was edited on 11/5/19 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 11/5/19 at 11:01 pm to Zappas Stache
I rarely do outside of work
Posted on 11/6/19 at 6:15 am to tduecen
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Cape Town is a well-known tourist hotspot, but also one of the most divided and dangerous cities in the world.
It has seen an average of eight murders a day, for the first six months of this year.
In one weekend in July, 43 people were killed
You pulled this quote without context. A lot of Cape Town crime statistics incorporate a large geographic area that include large swaths of area no where near the Cape Town "bowl."
It would be like including MS Coast crime with New Orleans stats.
Posted on 11/6/19 at 6:56 am to Teddy Ruxpin
New Orleans doesn't need any help with crime stats, why I've never been.
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