Hey, What's Up? I wanted to know if it is safe for a gringo to travel solo from Central to South America. I have heard several stories from different people that areas such as Coloumbia, Panama, and Nicaragua were not safe for Americans traveling solo. I will probably try it anyway, but if you have any tips on where to go and not go that would be great. Thanks, Jeremy
Reply to this Hello, all places aren´t safe at all, even the place you live, travel around the world is an fantastic experience, you don´t have to think like that, go wherever you want, that´s life consist, I'm from Argentina, good luck
Reply to this Belize is safe. Actually they worship griI visited Hopkins, Belize, which is where Hamanasi and Jaguar reef are. I took my three children and husband. I did not intend to stay in Hopkins but when we passed through I saw the beauty and we decided to stop for the day because that was all we could have afforded at these big resorts. I ended up staying for two weeks because this lady rented us her house, which was about forty feet from the beach. The house was empty because she now lives in Dangriga. It was a concrete building
(Belizean style Bungalow) and had two bedrooms, one toilet, kitchen, refrigerator, stove, two beds and a beautiful yard with mango, orange, lemons and coconut trees. She charged us only $100US a day for all five of us combined. SO THAT WAS LIKE $20 A DAY FOR each person. We cooked our own food and saved a lot of money. That was not the end the lady’s husband is a fisherman and he took us to the islands for the whole day to fish and snorkel for $200. Hopkins is beautiful and that nice lady still has that house for rent. It was so cheap we left her a nice tip. Her email is dainagail@yahoo.com
ngos.
Reply to this Thanks alot for the contact in Belize. That all sounds great. Happy New Year!!!
Reply to this He, I am a girl, 26 and just ended my travels trough guatemala, honduras, nicaragua and costa rica. It is safe enough to travel alone, as long as you take care and try not to arrive in cities at night. Just do it, it is an amazing experience. The people here are really friendly and usually prepared to help (especially if you are traveling alone). A bit of Spanish comes in handy though...
Reply to this Be on your guard anywhere you go. I've been to Costa Rica once and never felt like I was being judged just b/c I'm an American. Just don't make a big deal out of it, if you stay in hostels don't start talking about all the good the Bush regime is doing for everyone in the world (even if you really feel that way, just don't even go there) and be about as safe as you would when passing through a busy American city.
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