I have been asked by quite a few people regarding safety in Bogotá. Some of the common questions are: “Is it a safe city?” “Will you be kidnapped and made a drug mule?” “Are you crazy?” That answer to the second question is a definitive “no.” The answ[...]
Posts Tagged ‘safety’
September 17th, 2009 - 10:54 am § in Around Town, Brazil, In the Field, Looking for Opportunity, Volunteer
Dichotomies of Rio
Rio de Janeiro is almost always cited as one of the most dangerous places, and at the same time, one of the happiest cities in the world. There is a strange dichotomy here, where the city is constantly divided between the rich and the poor, the booming, yet ‘developing’ economy, and those who th[...]
