Safety science to | travel, you must read a guide

Someone asked me. , How can you have the courage , Travel to various countries ？ Don't you worry about safety ？
Of course you worry about safety , Needless to say, traveling alone , It's not safe for two people to travel , It's not safe for three people to travel , It's not safe for a group of people to travel .
Nothing is absolutely safe , Besides, it's still a challenging thing to travel .
But in fact , We are in our own city and go to other cities , The probability of possible danger is almost the same , It's possible to meet a thief , There may also be a collision , Sneezing at home can also flash your waist .
Although the outside world has unpredictable dangers and opportunities , But life is not a fear that keeps you from moving forward , It's not like you're drowning your monotonous life day after day .
If I can't talk to people in other countries , You can't eat strange food you've never eaten , You can't blow different flavors of wind on the beach , Without the colorful nourishment , This will become my biggest dilemma .
Be prepared for safety problems , Have a fearless heart , The rest , Let it go .

Next, let's discuss how to prepare for safety problems

1. The personal safety

The content of the articles that people of the previous generation love to forward to me belongs to this category ： For example, human traffickers abduct and sell organs on the black market, and are sold as X Slave … Although we don't rule out the possibility of this happening to ourselves , But in fact, many similar articles have no news basis .
in addition , Personal safety also includes, for example, terrorist attacks , Robbery, wounding, etc . The probability of such a thing is small , High damage , The way to help is ：

1) Avoid places with large crowds

Like Paris in France , Nice , This is a gathering place for half the crimes , I heard that Chinese tourists were robbed of money, stolen bags and smashed cars in France , Eight out of ten are here .
Besides, , Places with a large flow of people are also targets of terrorism .

Beware of thieves in tourist areas with large traffic . Taken in Estonia .

2) Wealth is not exposed, wealth is not exposed, wealth is not exposed , Don't go out with a lot of cash

overseas ATM The plane is everywhere , The convenience of withdrawing money is no different from that in China , A lot of bank cards （ For example, Bank of Nanjing , Chongqing Three Gorges bank ） There is no handling charge , Other UnionPay cards can only charge more than ten yuan , There's no need to take risks to save this money .
Then the usual supermarket shopping can be paid by credit card , Save your wallet .

3) Avoid travelling at night

Despite traveling for years , It's better to be alone , And friends . I hardly go out after dark , Unless accompanied by local friends and I make sure I can walk back alone .
Don't drink at night in unfamiliar places , If you really want to drink, go home and have a few drinks with your father .

2. Traffic safety

The plane , Bus , Bus or self driving , Road safety is always a big part of family concern . Some time ago, an Icelandic bus overturned and died , It's heartbreaking .

The ramp rail car overlooking the city . Taken in Spain .

1) Be familiar with local traffic rules , Especially self driving people

Enter the roundabout and let the cars in the roundabout , Always obey the right car first ,STOP The sign stops steadily 3 second , Someone on the sidewalk must stop to give way , These are all different from China , Remember .

2) Reliable travel insurance

All kinds of domestic X Long life X Don't consider the risk first , The action force after an accident abroad is basically 0. Outbound travel , Long term outbound travel, especially , Consider Allianz , Meiya's travel insurance and so on . More expensive, but more secure .

3) Lock the door / Carriage door

In fact, I think this one should be put in the part of personal safety , But since it happens mostly on vehicles , So let's talk about it here .
I'm on trains in some countries, especially Russia and Europe , I've heard a little about the theft of valuables from people in the same carriage or my friends .
And parking in big cities , There are also people who have been opened the door and robbed things directly .
This shows that locking the door / The importance of car doors .

3. Accommodation safety

Sometimes you can see reports of similar hotel crimes . So let's talk about accommodation , Small towns in Europe generally don't need to consider this problem , Need to consider the safety of accommodation , In big cities , Or travel to dangerous areas with high challenges ： Africa , India, wait . Generally speaking , Choose expensive , Choose a good location , The problem can be solved by more than half .

If you want to save money at the same time , So you need ：
When choosing a hotel, you should avoid those with poor scores （ Score from Booking It seems more reliable ）, You'd better choose the one with more comments , See if there is any negative content in your comments .
If you travel alone , Choose a place with convenient transportation , Not in the wild .
I went out alone , Used to living in CYTS , If a girl stays in a hotel alone, it's always strange, and no one can chat （ I'm a big talker ）.
The same is true when choosing CYTS , Find a good one , Look at the picture. It's clean and tidy , Avoid the nightclub bar area , Lest some Europeans and Americans Party Come back drunk all night .
For girls, I still recommend Single Gender A room instead of a mixed room , Like to socialize, you can communicate with everyone in the public area during the day , When I sleep at night, there are little girls next to me. It's more down-to-earth ( There is no particularly strong foot odor snoring =.=）.

4. Property safety

1) Money and documents are separate

My passport is sealed in a sealed bag and put in my waist bag , In this way, even if you fall into the water, you won't be afraid .
The credit card is stuffed into the mobile phone case , Usually just go to a supermarket and get a mobile phone .
A small part of the cash is kept in your pocket and can be withdrawn at any time , The rest is put in the inner interlayer of your backpack .
Travel documents that are not used at ordinary times , But it may be used , Like a driver's license / Various translations / Copy of passport / Certificate photo is an important document , I also sealed the bottom layer of my backpack with a sealed bag .

There are all kinds of things in the backpack , Put the least valuable thing on the top .

PS： Sealed bags are very useful things . I once put my backpack in the luggage rack of the aircraft cabin , Get off the plane and find , A whole thermos of water was spilled in the backpack of another little boy nearby , My backpack is completely immersed in water , The sealed bag saved all the documents in me .

2) If you live in CYTS , Remember to bring a lock

Many of the CYTS will provide you with storage boxes , So when you go out, you can take the valuables you don't want to take （ It's those expensive and heavy …  Such as computer Ipad such …） Lock up . The lock needs to be brought by yourself .

5. A healthy body

Having a strong body can reduce a lot of trouble for travel . I've hardly ever been ill on the journey . Exercise more at ordinary times , More than running .

1. Take some common medicines with you when you leave the country

Because I have allergic reactions occasionally , So half of the medicine is allergy medicine . Take the rest ： febrifuge , clinical thermometer , Intestines and stomach medicine , band-aid , The medicine for heatstroke and carsickness depends on your own situation . People who go diving can take medicine for ear inflammation , Add a first aid kit for hiking , Remember to learn all the usage, or you'll have leucorrhea if you bring it …… I was smashed by a stone on the Great Wall , I didn't bring my first aid kit that day , I went to the hospital with my head full of blood and sewed several stitches .
PS： Chinese herbal medicine and so on should be taken with caution , Some countries have entry requirements （ Like Australia and New Zealand ）.

2. Food safety

Tap water in some countries can be drunk directly , But in some places, bottled water is still safe . Street snacks are also considered for health and safety , If you really have the courage to try , Prepare gastrointestinal medicine . Food safety in developed countries basically doesn't need to be considered , But before you go to India and small countries in South America and Africa, you should do your homework on diet .

Super delicious egg tart on the street . Taken in Portugal

3. Disease safety in hazardous areas

Some countries have malaria , For example, the Papua cannibals I went to last time , Need to be vaccinated in advance , Or take malaria drugs . When some African countries go , It also requires different vaccination certificates , Those who plan to go can get an injection in the vaccination center in advance .

Other necessary knowledge

I'll just think of the rest and say it a little .
1.  Don't rely on weapons such as wolf proof spray knives .
First of all , There is a high probability that you won't be able to take the spray with you on the plane .
second , Give you a knife and you dare not stab people , Being robbed by the other party and taking photos of you all at once .
Big problems , The first reaction should be to run .
2.  Someone must know your itinerary .
Don't let everyone know where you are , such , Even if something happens to you , I don't know where to find you . Change places every day , Wind up wechat , It won't take a minute , It's much easier than fixing nine pictures and sending a circle of friends ……
3.  Set emergency call .
iPhone There's a function on , It's called SOS Emergency contact . Press the shutdown key 5 Time , Can automatically call an emergency call , At the same time, send a message to the emergency contact and report the location at that time .

Now you have finished reading this article .
Remember everything I said , then , Put down mobile phone .
On the next trip , Or we should be open and receptive to the world and all people .
I object to the argument that the world is too dangerous to go anywhere ,
I am also opposed to traveling without making strategies and simply backpacking .
I don't like losing confidence in the world because of a small number of bad people in the world ,
And I don't want you to become wary of everyone because you're afraid of danger .