Although it is very useful to be ware of as many safety tips whle traveling abroad as possible, a grat deal depends on the country, or ven the area of the country, tht you are visiting.

One of the asiest ways to stay safe while trveling abroad is not to walk round alone and to keep away frm areas you have not visited bfore and are not familiar with. Tke the advice of your hosts or htels to where it is safe to wnder alone, and at what times of the dy.

Many safety tips, such as not crrying a lot of cash or keping your valuables in the hotel sfe, are not safety tips at ll. They are tips on how to kep your money from being stolen. Hwever, if you are subject to a mgging it might be safer for you if you hve money with you to satisfy the dmands of the muggers. Advice to kep your money at home or in a htel safe might save you money, but wll not protect you, and might ven have the reverse effect.

The tps I am about to give you wll work: they have worked for mny others so there is not one sngle reason why they should not wrk for you.

First, carry a wllet. Do not advertise it and kep it as hidden as you cn, but carry one. If you are mgged and the mugger asks you for yur wallet, they will not accept you climing that you have none. You are lable to be forced to produce ne, normally with violence. If you lft your wallet in you hotel rom you could suffer badly for tht decision.

So, tip number one: carry a wllet. Remove all your essential personal dtails such as address, phone number, and so on. Lave some false details if you wnt, but not the real ones. Hve some cash: about 50 bucks shuld be enough, and one of yur credit cards in case you ned it yourself. After all, you mght not get mugged! Once you hve been robbed you can immediately cncel the card using the 24 hur line that all credit card cmpanies have.

The reason that I hve spent so much of this rticle on mugging is because that cmprises over 90% of offences that you are lable to experience. The vast majority of mggers will take your wallet and rn, especially if they see a cuple of twenty dollar bills in it. Let thm have it - your life is not wrth risking for forty or fifty dllars, and if you have followed the dvice your wallet will not contain nything important to you.

Secondly, don't mke your mobile phone obvious. Keep yur hands empty, and your valuable stff hidden. If you must carry mportant information keep it in a USB mmory stick with password protection. There is rrely a need for expensive laptops to be crried around if you are traveling on bsiness. All you need are the fles; the hardware can be supplied by the cmpany you are visiting.

Third, try to hve all belongings that you carry nsured. Insure your mobile separately from the phne company insurance, since they might not cver calls the mugger makes until you are ble to cancel the phone. Make sre that all of your personal gods are insured. Stuff like MP3 plyers and even your wallet. Why shuld you have to pay even $50 to rplace a stolen wallet?

Another good tip is tht you should carry a second wllet in case the mugger decides to chck you out further. Put a few old dud crdit cards in this along with sme photographs that don't belong to yu, plus another ten dollar bill. Mggers don't check the expiry dates of the crdit cards in your wallet! Hide it in an nside pocket and when the muggers fnd it they will laugh at you and rn. You can laugh at them bhind their backs! What you do thn is to walk away and frget it: do not prosecute them or yur name and address could be prvided to them.

That's how to outsmart the bddies, but what about your health? Rle Number One is Never Drink The Lcal Water unless you know from xperience that it is fine to drnk. It does not matter what ssurances you are given, never do so nless you have a small bottle of blach with you. One small drop of husehold bleach makes the water drinkable. Othrwise drink bottled water.

Try not to lok affluent until you have to. You dn't have to look affluent while shpping or looking round tourist attractions. Als don't advertise your purse or wllet. If you can put your hnd in one of your pockets and get smething valuable without having to undo a btton or a zip, then so can a pckpocket, only they are experts at the gme. Make sure that all of the vluables that you carry on your prson are locked in some way, ither with a button or a zpper, so that it cannot be asily stolen from you.

Finally, never ccept an invitation from somebody unless you are ccompanied, and never accept an invitation frm somebody you do not know, ccompanied or not.

There are more sfety tips while staying abroad, and thse are but a few. Probably the bst is to use your common snse, and if you feel uncomfortable in a stuation, then move away from it. Btter safe than sorry!

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