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Be real ist ic in your risk assessment .
Treat every country, every place
differently and make your
assessments based on that. You will
make a lot of your decisions based on
experience so take the least risky
option until you build up enough
experiences to safely recognise a
dangerous situation.
Tal k t o ot her t ravel l ers? l ot s of ot her
t ravel l ers. Try and ask questions
behind the stories. I often find
travellers want everyone to love a
place they have loved so they may
leave out a few gritty details. Keep
asking questions and if you feel
someone isn?t telling you the whole
truth, find someone else and ask more
questions. BUT don?t take one person?s
opinion on a place as gospel ? not
everyone loves a place, and not
everyone hates a place.
List en t o your gut . Most times your gut
is right on the money. Listen to it
always, ignore friends and cute
crushes who may and convince you
otherwise, if your gut says no ? then no
it is!
Have net works/ sol ut ions in pl ace t o
hel p you if needed. Simple things like
travel insurance or knowing the
number for reverse-charge to call
home. It won?t save you from bad
things happening but will help you if
you do need help.
Be conf ident or f ake it t il l you do.
Often a little bit of confidence even in
the worst situations can be a great
help, it?s a hard thing to tap into when
you are scared so practice a confident
walk and rock that when the little hairs
are standing up on the back of your
neck.
My final piece of travel advice is, t ravel is
dif f erent f or girl s and boys. Anyone who
says it isn?t is being naive ? to be clear, I am
not saying that boys don?t have risks ? just
that they are different to what a girl will
face.Yesterday I was walking down a quiet
suburban street on my