| We often hear about the dangers associated with | | | | the risk of crime or catastrophe may be higher in |
| foreign travel. Lonely Planet and Rough Guides | | | | other parts of the world it doesn't mean they |
| devote pages to them, and insurance | | | | aren't a forgone conclusion, and it won't |
| underwriters no doubt get their kids through | | | | automatically happen to us. It's a sorrowful fact |
| college on them. | | | | that bad things do happen, but their discharge |
| From the moment we set off we are left | | | | may not be quite as pervasive as some of the |
| believing that if the earthquakes don't get us, it's | | | | warnings lead us to believe. Everybody wants to |
| inevitable that the robbers probably will. Just have | | | | cover their own ass - this includes Guidebooks |
| a scan through the Dangers and Annoyances | | | | and, if you read the last sentence again carefully, |
| pages of, for instance, any Central American | | | | me too. ;-) |
| Guidebook and you'll see exactly what I mean. | | | | When planning a trip it's imperative that one does |
| The reader will be obliged to re-check the front | | | | more in depth research into countries hazards |
| cover to ensure they haven't picked up a copy of | | | | than simply flicking through the dangers section of |
| Dante's Peak by mistake. Read the Guide to | | | | the associated Guidebook. By all means take note |
| Indonesia and it's exactly the same, but this time | | | | of them, but cast your net a little wider whilst |
| with The Poseidon Adventure. | | | | researching. The internet is the best up to date |
| Now, I must make it clear that whilst I'm not | | | | resource we have, and it would be folly not to |
| pooh-poohing or pointing fun at these warnings, or | | | | pimp it for all its worth. Here are a few resources |
| the devastating effect that the subsequent | | | | to consider when in the search of the truth. |
| realisations have on those directly or indirectly | | | | Personal Pages - A valuable yet often overlooked |
| affected by such misfortunes, we must | | | | resource - we're talking Travel Blogs here. |
| endeavour to remind ourselves that just because | | | | |