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I had seriously considered Istanbul as a vacation destination for sometime in the next few years. No way now. It's been popular as a leg of some Mediterranean tours, like Greek island cruises, they add Turkey to the itinerary quite often. Or, at least they did before this year. Things can change fast.
Mexico City would probably be quite interesting, but the crime rate, as well as what I've heard about the pollution, make it unlikely I'd visit it. Other parts of Mexico, sure, where there are coastal resorts... but not Mexico City.
If you're a woman travelling alone, there are actually a lot of cities that would get struck off the list of possibilities, at least that's my opinion. Yes, I know, some hardy souls go ahead and make these voyages solo and survive with no major problems, but I wouldn't risk my neck.
I had seriously considered Istanbul as a vacation destination for sometime in the next few years. No way now.
Same for me.
Russia is another country that I really want to visit but am too afraid. In addition to the amount of horror stories I've heard (like getting beaten up by skinheads and killed by mafia and ****), I feel like it's gonna be really tough visiting Russia if one doesn't speak Russian, and the police seems 4059710358058 kinds of corrupt.
Besides the visa seems to be a pain in the ass to obtain.
Russia is another country that I really want to visit but am too afraid. In addition to the amount of horror stories I've heard (like getting beaten up by skinheads and killed by mafia and ****), I feel like it's gonna be really tough visiting Russia if one doesn't speak Russian, and the police seems 4059710358058 kinds of corrupt.
Besides the visa seems to be a pain in the ass to obtain.
Don't visit!
Most of them believe in racial pyramids with the Slavs being at the top.
Russia is another country that I really want to visit but am too afraid. In addition to the amount of horror stories I've heard (like getting beaten up by skinheads and killed by mafia and ****), I feel like it's gonna be really tough visiting Russia if one doesn't speak Russian, and the police seems 4059710358058 kinds of corrupt.
Besides the visa seems to be a pain in the ass to obtain.
The horror stories are most likely exaggerated. Yes, the neo-nazi groups haunt Asian immigrants, but I think you'll stick out as a tourist like a sore thumb. And in Moscow and Saint Petersburg people are used to tourists. Yes, the police is extremely corrupted, but you can work around it. Google is happy to help.
The Mafia cares about you as much as a rabbit cares about meat. The mafia has access to the top levels of Russian life and earn billions of €, they are not interested in harassing a Taiwanese student.
And there is always the universal gesture language which works everywhere.
I had seriously considered Istanbul as a vacation destination for sometime in the next few years. No way now. It's been popular as a leg of some Mediterranean tours, like Greek island cruises, they add Turkey to the itinerary quite often. Or, at least they did before this year. Things can change fast.
Mexico City would probably be quite interesting, but the crime rate, as well as what I've heard about the pollution, make it unlikely I'd visit it. Other parts of Mexico, sure, where there are coastal resorts... but not Mexico City.
If you're a woman travelling alone, there are actually a lot of cities that would get struck off the list of possibilities, at least that's my opinion. Yes, I know, some hardy souls go ahead and make these voyages solo and survive with no major problems, but I wouldn't risk my neck.
You actually have to be more careful at coastal resorts than Mexico City itself. Most of the Pacific coast of Mexico (excluding the California peninsula) is very very unsafe, especially the coasts of Sinaloa and Guerrero
The Mafia cares about you as much as a rabbit cares about meat. The mafia has access to the top levels of Russian life and earn billions of €, they are not interested in harassing a Taiwanese student.
And there is always the universal gesture language which works everywhere.
You act like the Russian mafia is 1 big organization. There are many different groups that kill each other.
Russia is another country that I really want to visit but am too afraid. In addition to the amount of horror stories I've heard (like getting beaten up by skinheads and killed by mafia and ****), I feel like it's gonna be really tough visiting Russia if one doesn't speak Russian, and the police seems 4059710358058 kinds of corrupt.
Besides the visa seems to be a pain in the ass to obtain.
Russia is just fine to visit, hell, there is a poster on here now logging his travels.
Of course there is crime there, but I can cherry pick crime in the US and make the US look overly dangerous to visit. You are not important to the mafia groups, they do not care about you.
Moscow and St. Petersburg are well equipped for tourist, Russian not required at all. Russian is not really a need anywhere, lots of people know some English, but the further you venture from the typical tourist hubs, the less tourist friendly, and more important to know some Russian to get around easier.
The police are corrupt, but corruption has gone way, way down on that level. In the early 2000's, I was encountering some cop wanting money very often, over the last couple of years, I have not encountered a single one. The tourist oriented places you will not encounter this, and for cops who do want to scam some money, they are not usually going to mess with a westerner, they go after easier targets like the masses of immigrants from Central Asia.
Russia is just fine to visit, hell, there is a poster on here now logging his travels.
Of course there is crime there, but I can cherry pick crime in the US and make the US look overly dangerous to visit. You are not important to the mafia groups, they do not care about you.
Moscow and St. Petersburg are well equipped for tourist, Russian not required at all. Russian is not really a need anywhere, lots of people know some English, but the further you venture from the typical tourist hubs, the less tourist friendly, and more important to know some Russian to get around easier.
The police are corrupt, but corruption has gone way, way down on that level. In the early 2000's, I was encountering some cop wanting money very often, over the last couple of years, I have not encountered a single one. The tourist oriented places you will not encounter this, and for cops who do want to scam some money, they are not usually going to mess with a westerner, they go after easier targets like the masses of immigrants from Central Asia.
Visa is easy to get, a little pricey, but easy.
Well I don't have money anyways. Maybe by the time I'm actually going I don't need visa any more and I'd know someone who speaks Russian and can go with me.
All the developing countries and all the middle east countries and most of European countries.
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