No wonder hostel use in the USA has been way down since the 9/11 terrorist attack! Everybody is scared of being bombed or shot in America. Yes, terrible statistics but most of the murders are gang and drug related.....so outside of the inner city bad spots travel is as safe in the USA as in any country. However it does sound like the poster needs to stay in the more "comfortable " zones.
You need to know too that every traveller has the "what ifs" anxiety before they go on the trip. I can guarantee that it will dissapear as soon as you get on the plane and start the trip. From then on you are to busy navigating and being amazed by the new. Maybe you will even be too busy to even need a 4 hour daily fix of the internet. You made your plan for a round the world trip.....DO IT. Raro has given you lots of good advice to help. Aloha
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is that - toad in the hole? bubble n squeak?yorkshire pudding? Black shudder sausages????
I wouldnt call English "cuisine" normal !!!
Are you starting in England? And there are none of these things here? I seriously would suggest that you either decide to stay home and tune into webcams (see Pete's Pond- National Geographics watering home in Botswana, the Hawaii beach webcams, etc) or you go and find yourself a decent therapist who can help you get over these fears. With these anxieties, are you able to go down town? I'm not being nasty, but really concerned.
I would definately suggest that if you do decide to travel, and it is well worth it, that you consider places like Club Meds. These will give the the opportunity to hide out when things get too rough- as far as 4 hours daily on the internet- I would suggest you go cold turkey. There is so much more to life than this.
Hehehehe - I was smack dab in the middle of Central London when those bombs went off a couple of years ago but I don't have to worry about such things in the SP.
I have to side with islandboi and Raro on this rather ridiculous post.
quick change your blog name before you get pinched for misrepresentation and stay home and just watch the discovery channel, otherwise strap yourself in, open your mind and get ready to discover the real world, you'll love it! Enjoy.
#19 - good point, and of course I've heard of the tests on Bikini, as well as the British nuclear tests off the coast of Australia and Christmas Island around the same time, and the last set of French nuclear bombings in the FP not too many years ago, but all these were foreign government acts of destructioin disguised as tests, not acts of random violence against foreigners as bombings tend to be these days. But you're right, one does tend to forget what happened years ago as opposed to the 'now'.
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