Serious Travel Warning

I recently became a member of a locally-run travel community called Boots N'All. It's a great network of travelers sharing information and advice, and BNA sends out periodic travel newsletters as well. The one that was in my inbox this morning is serious enough that I felt I should pass it along to all of you:

G'day

Every day we turn on the news to hear another report of death, danger, fear and destruction overseas. We read about it in our newspapers, we see it flash across our computer screens. For years, we have resisted these warnings and encouraged travelers to set out and explore the world on their own terms, and judge for themselves.

However, slowly, we started to wonder if we were doing the right thing. Sure, we loved travel, but the US government did make a few valid points about issues overseas: no one can deny that people are getting hurt from things we had always dismissed as "unlikely probabilities". More and more travelers have been e-mailing us with tales of near-death escapes, recounting muggings, exotic diseases and other frightening run-ins. The stories on BBC, CNN and Voice of America seemed to get worse. Let's face it, the world is a dangerous place and traveling is only going to expose you to it.

In good conscience, we can no longer continue to work on BootsnAll. We hope to use BootsnAll's reach and recognition in the travel community to help us, as we will now be be focusing our attention on what we believe is our moral obligation to educate people about the serious risks involved in stepping out your front door.

Don't Go is a site focusing on all the reasons not to travel. We want our community members to be able to make informed decisions before they consider embarking on a hazardous trip. Don't Go asks the tough questions, but, as we always have, we leave the judgment up to you.

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"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." - George W. Bush

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