OT. Guatemala

Cheers JB. I've been doing a bit of background reading. It doesn't sound the greatest

 

Tell her you're concerned about her safety and her degree.
Get her to look at the Foreign Office guide to the country (if she hasn't already done that) so she knows what to expect and can make an informed decision.
Don't get heavy, she'll only resent that and do it anyway.

 

If she wants to spend time in a poverty stricken, desperate, dangerous place then let her Just take her to The Cheese

#happytohelp

In all seriousness a sensible father/daughter sit down discussion required. Put on your best "worried, concerned dad face" and just talk to her about the pro's and cons....(then take her boyfriend outside and threaten to smash his kneecaps in unless he pursuades her to wait a year).

 

Got to admit mate it doesn't look the nicest place she could have picked even in central America [google images comes up with about 3 of the same photos over and over of 'things to see'] but it's her choice. You don't need telling to warn her of the dangers, she's your precious baby and you will doubtless be concerned, but make sure she does get genned up and doesn't brush it aside. My daughter in law [before she was my daughter in law] went to Vietnam with her friend and although they both got all the jabs beforehand, her friend spent almost the entire time in hospital there recovering from d&v and re-getting it .... it meant she couldn't leave her friend and it was miserable for both of them - that's something for your daughter to consider, either or both her and the boyfriend could get sick, in fact where she's going she'd be really lucky to escape some form of stomach upset at some time - health insurance!

 

I can see that bit being a problem.

 

This is pretty normal, though I totally understand Red's concerns. Many take a year out and come back and nail it. Many more go to what would seem like mad places to us old fogies.

You're in as much danger going to Thailand or India as Guatamala. All about the lay of the land, info! Places not to go is a big one to get sussed. Some good advice on here, namely when and how to travel, not being flashy, even go as far as getting some local style clothing so as to not stand out. Some good rules of thumb when visiting poor countries. I'd not have a lot of faith in the cops there either tbh, it's most likely a bribefest.

In some places you want to stick to the beaten path, I reckon this is one of those times. Stay with the tourists and not go trekking off with some ambiguous guide through the countryside and always do your best to look like you are not worth mugging.

 

I won't get heavy, saint. I never have. I'm just genuinely concerned. I need to sit down with them both for a proper detailed discussion to see how deeply they've researched this.

 

You'd actually be very surprised.

 

I'm sure you're a great Dad when you're sober.

 

Like you would have obliged

 

This is true. I started doing accountancy qualifications but decided to take a year off when my eldest was born. He's now seven and I've not gone back yet, I can't remember a great deal of it now other than what I use daily.

 

I've briefly visited Honduras and Mexico and I didn't feel safe in either, over the years I travelled extensively and rarely felt like that anywhere else.

Each to their own I suppose, but I could think of much better places to 'find yourself' in than Central America.

 

And you're a scouser


* Gerrez runs for cover *

 

Too many guns and moustaches over there mate

 

Where's PMK?

 

For a scouser (or a dub) who's been around a few decades to say that, is something

 

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Mexico's changed man. Get with the times

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See an important and serious thread is under a derail threat

 

How many times can the same advice be repeated Red?

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