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Old 06-04-2011, 07:48 AM  
Caligari
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Originally Posted by Allison View Post
I've been to Venezuela. Thirty minutes after arriving, 5 guys with pistols tried to car jack us. Everyone I know that has visited there has had something stolen whether they are in a good area or bad area of the city. Their islands and interiors are safer.

Skip Venezuela.
That's unfortunate. I was in Venezuela for about 4 months total (2 trips) walking around Caracas at night occasionally solo and never had one problem. Ditto for Colombia, although i did see people killed there (apparently drug related).

There were 2 travellers i met in Merida who were robbed in the street, but that was the extent of it.

IMO safer to walk the streets of Caracas than many areas in New York.
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