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ocpagu

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5. I think it will always depends on where you are staying.

Reply to naaman fletcher (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:19 PM

Mar 2012

I've been to Caracas some years ago and stayed at a small hotel in El Recreo. I felt completely safe, and I did a lot of sightseeing.

I also felt safe when I was in Chicago, but my colleagues from the Dominican University kept telling me that I should avoid taking walks without a local. They almost freaked out when I told them I went to Hyde Park to take pics alone.

I think people tend to exaggerate about this topic and I think US government warnings are way too alarmist. Some common sense and you'll be ok, almost everywhere.

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I think it will always depends on where you are staying. ocpagu Mar 2012 #5

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