Idiots.
Nowadays NOTHING south of the Rio Grande is safe for “roughing it.” It isn’t as stupid as hiking in Iraq or NoKo but close enough.
I go to Mexico 4 or 5 times a year and I wouldn’t do it.
I hope they learned their lessons.
I’d be stealing something’ else.
“The pair have been interviewed by Guatemalan police and have given a statement. However, they aren’t confident the authorities will pursue the three men responsible.”
The cops are probably related to the criminals. Assuming of course that the criminals aren’t cops. That’d be no big surprise in Latin America.
I guess all of Guatemala’s criminals are not here yet........
I remember readinDumas’ “From Paris To Cadiz.” It was essentially a travel diary. Along the way they encountered bandits, however they were well armed and it turned out very differently. Great read, especially if you are making the trip, which I did as I read it.
For some reason the movie “Romancing The Stone” came to mind after reading this.
Love the Treasure bandits picture!
Guess Mr. TatMan wasn't such a badass after all and he and his broad are lucky they're still alive........
Guatemala is no different than any of the other Central American countries, they're all now under the control of the drug cartels and the petty kidnappers looking for quick bucks.
My Brother-in-law is from Honduras and almost all of his great nieces have finally escaped to the U.S. While he still has two nieces left there, he no longer vacations on the mainland due to the danger but rather flies directly to the Bay Islands.........
Estupidas!
Barry Sadler made the same mistake.
“Hey Gringo, we want your woman”.
Going down there was stupid and they lucked out.
Who’d go to a God forsaken backward country like that in the first place?
“TWO young Australian backpackers have told their horror account of being kidnapped, assaulted and robbed at gunpoint while travelling through Guatemala.”
What did they *think* was going to happen?
Dumb asses.
I wonder if they STILL support gun control as strongly as they did before going to Central America...considering that Central America has stronger gun control than even Australia.
(trust me, it’s a safe assumption that they support their country’s horrific gun control laws)
Nice tattoos. *eyeroll*
When traveling I tended to avoid Aussies and Americans. If you are traveling and an Israeli party is going in the same general direction as you are, stick with them.
The thing about third world countries is once they find out your a liberal they treat you like a friend and invite you to their homes for dinner. Also, the tooth fairy is real.
She has a knock out body...he, OTH is uglier than a pug pooping peach pit...
Well, that was unfair.
The picture you posted made him look butt ugly.
When I went to the article turned out he wasn’t bad looking.(not gay)...LOL
Isn’t it kind of retarded for Australians to go roughing it in Central America? Australia has plenty of “outdoors” to discover, with plenty of nasty critters to menace you. There is no need to be a fool and travel across to the ocean for the same experience.