Do you feel safe or unsafe in beneficiaries native country?

[Ken y Leidys 20]

I have been to Colombia 6 times -- and each time I went, my friends, co-workers and family reminded me to, "Prepare a will" - or better yet, "Call when you get back!". This last time I visited, everyone was expecting to hear the worst - asking, "So, how did your Mother like it down there?"

When I describe the new Buena Vista mall like the South Coast Plaza (from The O.C.) or a combination of Las Vegas, Santa Monica, and West L.A. - people can't believe what they hear. Then, I present photos and people nod their heads, saying, "Wow! I didn't expect it to be so nice!"

But, everyday here in the Los Angeles basin, bad stuff also happens...

Do you worry, or feel apprehensive when it is time to leave the country to visit with the in-laws? I wanna hear from VJers.

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

Of all the countries I've lived in or traveled to it is the US where I've felt the least safe.

[peejay 327]

I've been to Russia and Belarus numerous times since 1993 to visit my mom's relatives and most recently to Siberia to meet my wife's relatives. I feel relatively safe, but I try not to stand out too much as an American. It helps that I'm 1/2 Ruskie and look like the locals. My Russian language skills are rudimentary and that is the dead giveaway that I'm a foreigner. It also helps that I travel around with my relatives and they keep me out of trouble. I've had no major troubles in all of my travels over there.

[GabiandVi 34]

I felt safe from physical danger when I was in my husband's country. His family kept warning me to keep out of the "coco terrain" or coconut grove. They were very concerned that I not step foot into it, but even it looked harmless to me. Of course, I took their advice because they should know better.

I felt a little concerned about my daughter getting sick because there are some serious illnesses there and not very good medical care. And I was totally mobbed by children calling out "Yovo, cadeau. Cadeau, Yovo." "Whitey, gift. Gift, Whitey."

There have been times at night when I have had a sudden a sense of fear walking down a lonely street in Greece. And I've caught uncountable gypsies in the Czech Republic with their hands in my purse or in my backpack or in other peoples pockets, and once when I warned a woman in a McDonalds in Prague about the gypsy with her hand going into the woman's pocket, the gypsy scared me pretty badly. And I had such a fear of taxi drivers in the Czech Republic (with VERY good reason) that I never once took one. But generally, I've felt very safe abroad.

[sara..... 371]

dont feel safe at all the first time we went on the way to the hotel a student was shot in front of us didnt make me have to much faith in staying safe in kashmir

sara

[NickD 203]

Ha, when I visit my wifes' mothers' home in Bogota, not sure if it's a home or a prison, bars on all the windows and doors, takes three keys to get in. Same in Venezuela, even though her condo is on an upper story, burglars broke in hanging on ropes from the roof. Most of the vehicles have black windows on the road, locked up tight.

5' 3" wife feels she has to protect me, nice that she cares, but in Bogota, said I am going for a walk, wife and mother-in-law were worried stiff. Asked me anything happened, said whenever a person was approaching me on the sidewalk, would cross to the other side of the street. Larger stores and car dealerships are also like visiting a prison, seems like most of the people are living in a state of fear. Police are worthless, suppose if I was a burglar and was caught, could share the goods with them and take off.

Took awhile for my wife and daughter to feel safe here taking a walk around the block, and no bars on the windows and doors, but that same fear comes back when we go down there. But not all of America is like that, really have to watch your step in the inner cities.

[Krikit 1,166]

We both feel safer in Canada than the US.

[Ihavequestions 419]

I've never felt unsafe. Not one time.

Granted, blonde hair, fair skin, and green eyes bring blatant flirtation, the occasional marriage proposal, and endless staring, but I have never, never felt unsafe.

[brnidokiegurl 1]

Never felt scared in Morocco. I would like to see someone break into those fort of a house, ha and out and traveling he was always there but i feel i would have been fine. Just use the common sense not out walking a dark street etc...

[eros_EX_Plumber 0]

We both feel safer in Canada than the US.

I wonder why?

[Krikit 1,166]

What a combination.

[NickD 203]

We both feel safer in Canada than the US.

I don't, darn Canadian mosquitoes will eat you alive.

[Ban Hammer 14,569]

We both feel safer in Canada than the US.

i'd not feel safer in canada if i wore a seal or tim horton's coffee cup costume

[Krikit 1,166]

We both feel safer in Canada than the US.

i'd not feel safer in canada if i wore a seal or tim horton's coffee cup costume

And watch out for your Timbits!

[Otto 83]

Always feel safe in Germany.