El Salvador
Apr 22, 2015, 12:13 pm
#16
Join Date: Feb 2015
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restaurant(McD, KFC, BK, etc) or corner store has armed guards with
loaded shotguns standing outside. well... I better not complain about the
food then.
oh... armed guards also present at gas station.
Last edited by AppleApe; Apr 22, 2015 at 1:10 pm
Apr 22, 2015, 12:28 pm
#17
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If they're ever going to build a tourist trade, they need to do something about the guns.
Apr 22, 2015, 3:53 pm
#18
Join Date: Feb 2015
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These are some of the "dangerous" places I've been to:
(1)
DMZ between N and S Koreas
(2)
Berlin Wall (way before it came down, of course)
(3)
Yakuza street in Osaka(brothel and bars not meant for foreigners)... we got chased out with sticks by actual Yakuza mamebers with their glorious full-body tattoos
(4)
worst part of downtown Newark after dark in the mid 1980s
(5)
accidentally drove into Koreatown during the LA riots... the rental car got a bullet hole which the CDW did not cover
(6)
Apr 22, 2015, 5:50 pm
#19
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Call me crazy, but perhaps the guns can be a draw for tourist like me with death wish?
These are some of the "dangerous" places I've been to:
(1)
DMZ between N and S Koreas
(2)
Berlin Wall (way before it came down, of course)
(3)
Yakuza street in Osaka(brothel and bars not meant for foreigners)... we got chased out with sticks by actual Yakuza mamebers with their glorious full-body tattoos
(4)
worst part of downtown Newark after dark in the mid 1980s
(5)
accidentally drove into Koreatown during the LA riots... the rental car got a bullet hole which the CDW did not cover
(6)
These are some of the "dangerous" places I've been to:
(1)
DMZ between N and S Koreas
(2)
Berlin Wall (way before it came down, of course)
(3)
Yakuza street in Osaka(brothel and bars not meant for foreigners)... we got chased out with sticks by actual Yakuza mamebers with their glorious full-body tattoos
(4)
worst part of downtown Newark after dark in the mid 1980s
(5)
accidentally drove into Koreatown during the LA riots... the rental car got a bullet hole which the CDW did not cover
(6)
BTW, it would be quite "interesting" to return a rental car with a bullet hole!
Apr 25, 2015, 10:28 am
#20
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Literally every shop, restaurant, pharmacy, building, parking lot has somebody (private security) with guns. San Salvador is fairly unsafe and all these people with guns did not make me feel any safer. Outside of the capital city, things appear to be a little better but I would be very careful about exploring on your own. Highly recommend either somebody local that you trust or a trusted guide tour to take you around.
There are some very safe gated communities at the beaches.
There are some very safe gated communities at the beaches.
Apr 25, 2015, 7:24 pm
#21
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 355
Literally every shop, restaurant, pharmacy, building, parking lot has somebody (private security) with guns. San Salvador is fairly unsafe and all these people with guns did not make me feel any safer. Outside of the capital city, things appear to be a little better but I would be very careful about exploring on your own. Highly recommend either somebody local that you trust or a trusted guide tour to take you around.
There are some very safe gated communities at the beaches.
There are some very safe gated communities at the beaches.
with me.(duh!) However, can I hire an armed guard with a couple of shotguns
to walk with me for a few days? Can't be that expensive there, can it?
or... can I hire this 9-year-old Irish girl to be my security guard?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEjGQB9BKWA
Apr 29, 2015, 10:41 am
#22
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Literally every shop, restaurant, pharmacy, building, parking lot has somebody (private security) with guns. San Salvador is fairly unsafe and all these people with guns did not make me feel any safer. Outside of the capital city, things appear to be a little better but I would be very careful about exploring on your own. Highly recommend either somebody local that you trust or a trusted guide tour to take you around.
There are some very safe gated communities at the beaches.
There are some very safe gated communities at the beaches.