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Why I do not use Travel Guides
I am not sure, cars are the most dangerous, and for sure, food poisoning is a travel danger, however these two are hard to avoid. Nevertheless, to pay a guide to lead me stupidly into danger is not what I do. A few tourists died in Thailand in cave, today or yesterday with a flash flood. The rain is dropping suddenly like buckets in Thailand, nobody should be going into caves, but I suppose they were told, as is the world policy on danger.
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Bangkok, Thailand Southeast Asia
Monday, October 15, 2007
By Andy of HoboTraveler.com
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I read the headlines; I have a nifty toy that sent this page to me. World News
The headlines read something like.. Tourist Killed in Cave
I was bombarded today with tourist in Thailand being killed in Caves in the south of Thailand. There were a couple of Thai people, as I understand, they were probably the I-Speak-50-Words-Of-English, and therefore I am a qualified guide Thais. This is the world standard for guides, not a person who knows, it is a person who speaks English. When I am on a tour I find the nerd who read everything before, and knows more than the guide to talk with, because lets us face reality, talking English is does not qualify you to go into caves or be a guide.
This is the blind leading the blind and typical stuff for guides.
This has nothing to do with Thailand, it is worldwide, there are some real dangerous tourist activities and not just dumping a bus full of people in a market to be robbed of cameras. The dangerous ones are also full of tourist who cannot evaluate danger; therefore, I guess Darwin is still in business.
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Harry Callahan said on Monday October 15th, 2007 09:39:00 PM
When coming to Los Angeles,California I seriously suggest hiring a tour guide that is armed. This has to be one of the most dangerous places on earth that is not at war. Here is a link to all the info you need. To see what life is really like in the U.S.A. > www.latimesblogs.latimes.com/homicidereport
Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Monday October 15th, 2007 09:44:00 PM
Have you been to downtown Lima to compare? Have you been to Belize City to compare?Compare the world
Harry Callahan said on Tuesday October 16th, 2007 01:12:00 AM
Ok I'll give you Belize city after dark. It is a dump. But your not going to die in Lima maybe robbed if your alone.Harryp.s. I really liked your reports on Africa. That took big brass ones.How about Suriname,Guyana,French Guyana ever thought about going there ?
Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Tuesday October 16th, 2007 02:11:00 AM
I was in Trinidad and Tobago and looked South, and should have went South. Instead I went North into the Carribean and had a rotten time.I may go to Peru in about two months, thinking about two prospects. Going down the Amazon to Belen, whereby I am in the territory of Guyana, Suriname and such.I think the Amazon has place more on the edge of the planet, than most of Africa. It is much harder to get to small villages up streams in the Amazon basin, I am sure the Congo has some on the edge places. If I went between Iquitos Peru and Manaus, and stopped along the path at small cities, then travel up the streams, I am sure there is some wild places, probably the wild Amazonas women also.
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