Posted on 09/27/2014 9:52:01 AM PDT by blam
Simran Khosla, GlobalPost
September 27, 2014
The world can be a dangerous place. Depending on where you live, you're reminded of that every time you turn on the TV or read the news.
If you are citizen of the United States there's also another consistent reminder: State Department travel warnings.
According to the US Passport and International Travel Office:
"We issue a Travel Warning when we want you to consider very carefully whether you should go to a country at all. Examples of reasons for issuing a Travel Warning might include unstable government, civil war, ongoing intense crime or violence, or frequent terrorist attacks. We want you to know the risks of traveling to these places and to strongly consider not going to them at all. Travel Warnings remain in place until the situation changes; some have been in effect for years."
We cataloged all the travel warnings now in effect and created the graphic below to show all the places where the US government doesn't want its citizens going:
Let's also not forget that the United States can be a very dangerous place itself, and that US foreign policy has helped turn some of these countries into the dangerous places they are now.(your fault)
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“I suggest sooner than later, while some of Europe is still European.”
Between 1975 - 1985 I lived out of a suitcase. I saw all continents and multiple countries/cultures except Australia and Antarctica.
Thanks but no thanks. No more extensive travelling for me. ;-)
sorry, i thought you hadn’t travelled
best wishes
Whew! Except for the Philippines, southeast Asia is quiet., although Hong Kong might be a bit edgy. I seriously doubt Uyghurs will be making a pass thru Tiananmen Square again any time soon.
what about North Korea?
A note to all libs...Colombia is extremely dangerous...stay away.
We visit Busan South Korea in November but with Un’s failing health, I’m OK with a few hours there , I would never visit NK willingly.. A few beers, ? Who knows? :-)
Why Busan, what’s happening there in November?
If I ever go I want to visit MBC’s Dramia, where they film their historical dramas. They built their very own historical village for the purpose and tourists are welcomed. Although it might take all day to get there and back.
It’s a stop on our cruise. One of the shorter stops too. I spent a week in Seoul. A long time ago. Quite the country and city.. And people.
No. Anything that you might have left there can be replaced.
Wow.
I remember some Korean dramas were based there...
“May Queen” and “Answer Me 1997” (AKA: Reply 1997) among them
We are taking a tour of an old temple and a fish market started by women. I wish we had more time in port. Same for Nagasaki.
Sounds like a good but very short trip
17 days, shark infested waters, beware of chinese oil rigs, vietnamese attack boats and gyp joints, malaysian searchers, hong kong rioters, Oh yeah, load a fun ahead..
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Now you cut that out,MA resident here.
:-)
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Thanks for the ping!
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