Comments on: Cuidate – safety in Guatemala http://yelkaye.net/2009/07/cuidate-safety-in-guatemala/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:50:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wade | VagabondJourney.com http://yelkaye.net/2009/07/cuidate-safety-in-guatemala/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Wade | VagabondJourney.com Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:31:05 +0000 http://yelkaye.net/?p=596#comment-230 yes, very astute observations. It is almost a point of pride amongst new travelers to show how acclimated they are to their new location by proving the "stereotypes" wrong by mitigating safety issues. It seems to be almost a badge of honor or coolness to take risks that others don't. Then something bad happens to them and they just confirm the "stereotypes" that they set out to disprove. It is silly. I have done this before haha. I can remember walking back to my hotel alone late one night through a park in Santiago, Chile. "Ain't nothing going to happen to me" . . . ."I have been in South America for a year" . . . then a knife popped up to my throat. I thought wrong. I suppose many lessons need to be learned first hand. Walk Slow, Wade yes, very astute observations. It is almost a point of pride amongst new travelers to show how acclimated they are to their new location by proving the “stereotypes” wrong by mitigating safety issues. It seems to be almost a badge of honor or coolness to take risks that others don’t.

Then something bad happens to them and they just confirm the “stereotypes” that they set out to disprove. It is silly.

I have done this before haha. I can remember walking back to my hotel alone late one night through a park in Santiago, Chile. “Ain’t nothing going to happen to me” . . . .”I have been in South America for a year” . . . then a knife popped up to my throat.

I thought wrong.

I suppose many lessons need to be learned first hand.

Walk Slow,

Wade

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