Archive for December, 2001

Colombia

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

Colombia is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for travelers because of the high risk of kidnapping, rampant narcotics trafficking and an ongoing Marxist insurgency. Currently a third of the country is under a dusk-to-dawn curfew because of a rebel offensive that has reached the outskirts of Bogota in addition to 15 other towns. [read more]

Puerto Rico

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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Be aware that animosity towards the US Navy is high in the town of Vieques. 100 protestors scrawled graffiti on the US Navy warship Yorktown July 17 in protest to their presence in the San Juan harbor. Though the Navy was invited for the San Juan Bay festival, demonstrators were nonetheless unhappy with their presence. [read more]

Greece

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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With recent bus hijackings by Albanian immigrants, travelers should be especially alert while traveling in Greece. On July 15 an Albanian immigrant held six passengers and a driver hostage in Palestra in protest of alleged police abuses. Another bus was hijacked by an Albanian immigrant on May 29. Tensions are on the rise as the [read more]

Kenya

Date: December 18th, 2001 |

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Now may be a good time to visit the wildlife parks of Kenya with tourism to the area down significantly from last year. U.S. tourism to Kenya has dropped 50 percent, and European travel 30 percent, leaving the Kenyan tourism industry in a depres [read more]

Cyprus, Greece and Turkey

Date: December 18th, 2001 |

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After nearly three decades of tensions, the Greek and Turkish governments on this divided island are getting together in a positive atmosphere to seek common ground. Leaders met face-to-face Dec. 4 and official talks are due in January. If a true rapprochement is achieved, it is not too much to hope that travel restrictions between [read more]

Rwanda

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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Volcanoes National Park, home to many of the world’s last mountain gorillas, has reopened to tourists after a long closure following the 1994 genocide in which over 800,000 people were slaughtered. While Rwandan officials guarantee the security of visitors, with army patrols attempting to ensure that no Hutu rebels cross from Congo, remember that borders [read more]

Pakistan

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning July 16 urging tourists to carefully evaluate the implications for their security before traveling to Pakistan. The U.S. Government received information suggesting that extremists based in Afghanistan are preparing to attack U.S. interests in Pakistan. The presence of international terrorist Osama bin Laden in neighboring Afghanistan and [read more]

Zimbabwe

Date: December 18th, 2001 |

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In an all-out effort to retain power in elections due in March, President Robert Mugabe declared a “real war” on his opponents, and given his recent history, he probably is not speaking figuratively. More than 30 people, most of them opposition supporters, were killed in violence provoked by Mugabe’s party in the last parliamentary election [read more]

Germany

Date: December 18th, 2001 |

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A foreign security agency warned German officials that a terror cell in Germany may strike at any time in the coming months and may target public transport. The warning was vague, not unlike the general warnings from the U.S. government about possible attacks against U.S. interests at home or abroad. Germany has, however, implemented new [read more]

China

Date: December 18th, 2001 |

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A McDonald’s restaurant was bombed in the city of Xian Dec. 15 in what police consider to be an isolated incident. One person was killed and some 30 were injured, and the victim was believed to be the person carrying the bomb. There was speculation that the incident may be related to the Chinese crackdown [read more]

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