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WORLDWIDE | Monday, 19 Oct 2009 | Views [1287] | Comments [2]
Traveling can be a lot of fun; protect your vacation from being ruined by scams, world events or changing regulations. By being informed and aware of your surroundings, your dream vacation can be everything you want it to be. ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, passport, precautions, money, accommodations, baggage, travel insurance, travel warnings, travel
MEXICO | Thursday, 10 Sep 2009 | Views [805] | Comments [1]
Ay, Caramba! You’ve gone on that long awaited vacation to Mexico and all of sudden you 1. Are sick 2. Had your money stolen or 3. Are stuck alone on a roadside! At World Nomads we’re lucky to have lots of friends in the travel industry, we polled ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, travel safety, water contamination, drug trafficking, spanish, language, 5 things
USA | Sunday, 2 Aug 2009 | Views [1356]
Traveling in big cities is awesome, loads of culture, museums, sites and people – but unfortunately with big cities also comes a lot of crime and petty theft. So for all you country bumpkins out there, here are some tips to traveling safely in big cities.... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, travel tips, cities, urban safety, safetyhub, city smart
WORLDWIDE | Monday, 22 Jun 2009 | Views [1314] | Comments [3]
So you’ve packed your common sense and are all ready to go out and explore the world, but remember that old Boy Scout motto? ‘always be prepared!’ By taking some basic security precautions both prior to departure and while away, women travelers can ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, safety for women travelers, safety tips
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 4 May 2009 | Views [1472] | Comments [1]
"Crikey! It's dangerous Down Under!" ...Or so goes the cliched view about Australian wildlife. Most travellers to Australia are surprised and relieved to arrive and find that the beaches are not swarming with sharks and Croc Dundee really ... Read more >
Tags: dangerous animals australia, sharks, crocodiles, australia, travel safety
THAILAND | Tuesday, 14 Apr 2009 | Views [1230]
This is a very brief overview of the developing situation in Bangkok,
Thailand. We are keeping an eye on the situation, so come back for
regular updates What's happening in Thailand: From red24 , Global Security Specialists " A state ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, travel alert, thailand travel alert, thailand, bangkok, civil unrest
WORLDWIDE | Thursday, 26 Mar 2009 | Views [1458]
WorldNomads.com 's roving medical expert Dr. Erik McLaughlin MD explains why meningitis is an illness that all travellers need to be aware of. Why? Disease spread is typically associated with groups of people in close quarters, such as ... Read more >
Tags: travel health, travel safety, disease, travel vaccination, travel immunization, virus, africa, meningitis
BRAZIL | Monday, 9 Feb 2009 | Views [2134]
"God made the world in six days, the seventh he devoted to Rio," or so say the Cariocas, residents of the beautiful city of Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Rio is a city of contrasts, from the white sandy beaches and hotels of Copacobana and Ipanema, ... Read more >
Tags: worldnomads.com, gapadventures.com, gap adventures, rio, brasil, travel safety, favela
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 23 Jan 2009 | Views [870] | Comments [2]
If it was your job to look for bad guys, be acutely aware of your surroundings and always keep your wits about you, would it change the way you travel? We talked to Jade, a detective with the Australian Police Force about her upcoming trip and ... Read more >
Tags: police, detective, solo travel, interview, travel safety
WORLDWIDE | Thursday, 8 Jan 2009 | Views [1565] | Comments [1]
I came across a top little article by Brenda Yun at Gadling.com titled, What is a dangerous travel destination? It made me think that many of our World Nomads travel far off the beaten path, in countries that most of us would deem unsafe. I decided ... Read more >
Tags: dangerous travel, high risk travel, graham kingaby, worldnomads.com, world nomads, travel safety
VIETNAM | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Views [1408] | Video
When Gastro strikes, one simple collection of handy travel items can help you through what is a most unpleasant situation. WorldNomads.com General Manager Chris Noble shares his unpleasant tale from the streets of Ho Chi Minh ( or Saigon as he calls ... Read more >
Tags: ho chi minh, vietnam, gastro, cambodia, travel safety, travel aid, travel medical kit, gastro kit, worldnomads.com
THAILAND | Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Views [1704] | Comments [3] | Video
This is a very brief overview of the developing situation in Bangkok, Thailand. We are keeping an eye on the situation, so come back for regular updates What's happening in Thailand: " Anti-government protesters stormed the control tower at ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, thailand, bangkok, civil unrest, bangkok airport
WORLDWIDE | Monday, 13 Oct 2008 | Views [2340] | Comments [5]
There's two parts to this discussion – planning the right luggage before you go and then how to use it safely when you’re on the road. As usual, Sensible Sanchez says the best advice is just to use your common sense! Read on for more tips we've ... Read more >
Tags: luggage, bag, backpack, suitcase, daypack, safety tips, travel safety
WORLDWIDE | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [2293]
By taking some basic security precautions both prior to departure and while away, women travellers can greatly reduce the travel risks they might otherwise face.
Before leaving
Pack as lightly as possible. As a lone woman, you'll be less ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, women travellers, security, women, red24, safetyhub, female travelers
WORLDWIDE | Thursday, 9 Aug 2007 | Views [4264] | Comments [3]
The abduction of children naturally generates a great deal of public concern. Crimes such as the alleged kidnapping of four-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal and the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2003 are among the most notorious ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, abduction
PERU | Thursday, 19 Jul 2007 | Views [1637]
Over the past week, crippling strikes and demonstrations organised by labour unions and regional protest organisations have paralysed large swathes of Peru. Teachers and farm workers protesting against the economic and social policies of President Alan ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, peru, red24, civil unrest, protest
PAKISTAN | Thursday, 12 Jul 2007 | Views [771]
At 04:00 local time on 10 July 2007, Pakistani special forces launched ‘Operation Silence’, a military incursion into the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, located in the heart of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The operation brought an end to an eight-day ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, red mosque, pakistan
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 5 Jul 2007 | Views [713]
As the 7/7 anniversary approaches, the UK finds itself once again on a high state of alert for terrorism. At 15:15 on 30 June 2007, two men attempted to drive a gas and petrol-laden Jeep Cherokee 4x4 into the main entrance of Terminal 1 at Glasgow International ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, uk
NIGER | Thursday, 28 Jun 2007 | Views [1224] | Comments [1]
On 22 June 2007, militants from a Tuareg rebel group attacked a military garrison in the remote Saharan outpost of Tazerzait, northern Niger. The dawn raid resulted in the deaths of at least 13 government soldiers, the wounding of a further 30 and ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, tuareg, rebellion, niger
BRAZIL | Thursday, 21 Jun 2007 | Views [2463]
On 14 June, more than 400 military and federal police officers from Brazil’s elite security forces raided the German Complex, a sprawling slum located just twenty minutes from downtown Rio de Janeiro. The officers, clad in combat gear and carrying assault ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, brazil, rio de janeiro, gang violence
SPAIN | Thursday, 14 Jun 2007 | Views [933]
On 5 June 2007, the armed Basque separatist group Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) announced an end to its 15-month-long ceasefire and warned that it would now be ‘active on all fronts to defend the Basque homeland’. In a communiqué sent to two pro-independence ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, ceasefire, basque, spain
TURKEY | Friday, 8 Jun 2007 | Views [982]
Unconfirmed reports on 6 June that Turkey had deployed several hundred troops into northern Iraq on a cross-border counter-terrorism operation against Kurdish militants have fuelled concerns that Turkey is planning an imminent and significant incursion ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, turkey, iraq, kurdish
PAKISTAN | Friday, 18 May 2007 | Views [1016]
On 14 May 2007, a general strike closed banks, shops, markets and schools throughout Karachi, paralysing the Pakistani port city. Similar scenes could be witnessed in towns and cities throughout southern Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital, ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, karachi, pakistan, unrest
PHILIPPINES | Thursday, 10 May 2007 | Views [1510]
On 14 May 2007, 45 million Filipinos will go to the polls to vote in mid-term legislative and local elections. The polls, contested by nearly 87,000 candidates, are being touted as a referendum on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s governance. At stake ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, philippines
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 13 Apr 2007 | Views [1058]
On 14 April 2007, various Russian opposition groups will hold a large rally in central Moscow to protest against President Vladimir Putin and his government. Another so-called ‘Dissenters March’ will take place a day later in St Petersburg. These two ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, russia, putin, kremlin, moscow
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