UTRECHT, The Netherlands, September 17 /PRNewswire/ — All holiday goers
want to enjoy a carefree time. Sadly, too often holiday goers get caught
up in unsafe and unpleasant situations. The holiday review website Zoover
has compiled a list of holiday destinations that are best avoided if you
want to enjoy a carefree and much earned vacation.
1) Durban, South Africa
In South Africa some cities are unable to guarantee your safety.
Especially the harbor city of Durban is notorious as far as personal
safety goes. A. Dijkhzuizen has the following warning: ‘Be careful, don’t
just get into a taxi. You could get ambushed, robbed etc. Taxi chauffeurs
are regularly murdered, especially those driving busses or vans’.
2) Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
This South American metropolis is known for its criminal activity and
corruption . The reason Jeroen van den Bos won’t return to Rio de Janeiro,
in his words, is: ‘At first glance it appears to be a beautiful city but
in reality it’s polluted and we were robbed at gunpoint of our money,
sunglasses and sports shoes in the Ipanema suburb. The police did not make
us feel any better or safer’.
3) Nairobi, Kenya
The capital of Kenya displays a large discrepancy between the wealthy and
poor. Bert has the following to say: ‘Kenya and the capital Nairobi are
beautiful but terribly criminal. Make sure that you take a taxi at night
or are escorted at night because ‘going out’ without such safety
precautions is foolish’.
4) Playa el Agua, Isla Margarita
This popular coastal destination is becoming increasingly unsafe. ‘Very
dangerous, we could not even leave our compound. Several people were
robbed, and I mean with a gun to their head’, according to Wendy who spent
her holiday there.
5) Caracas, Venezuela
In the capital city of Venezuela, poverty is sadly the cause of much
criminal activity. Tonny Oosterwaal experienced this first hand: ‘I was
robbed at gunpoint which caused my wife to faint’, he told Zoover.
