Sunday, February 8, 2009
Traveling Abroad
I saw the movie Taken this weekend. It's the story of a girl that gets kidnapped while in Paris and sold into a sex trafficking ring, and how her Jason Bourne style father fights to get her back. Unfortunately, things like that happen in real life. As a woman, it makes me scared to be an exchange student. Anyway, this was my post in response to last Monday's class.
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While it is important to be safe abroad, just as anywhere else, the movie should not be a deterrent to traveling abroad. Some countries are as safe as or safer than the US and a kidnapping is statistically unlikely.
Try Iceland, New Zealand, or Switzerland for safe countries.
I can see where that movie would scare you and make you not want to travel abroad. As a woman, something like this would scare me too. I am sure as Michael wrote, typically it is very safe to travel abroad, but it is typically safe to live in the USA too and we all know bad things happen. I would just say to use care and be smart while traveling and you could probably have a safe and enjoyable experience.
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