Authors: Robert Young Pelton
ISBN-13: 9780060011604, ISBN-10: 0060011602
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: March 2003
Edition: 5TH REV
Robert Young Pelton is also the author of Come Back Alive, his auto-biography, The Adventurist, and is a regular columnist for National Geographic Adventure. He produces and hosts a television series for Discovery and the Travel Channel, and appears frequently as an expert on current affairs and travel safety on CNN, FOX News, and other news networks.
Robert Young Pelton, a professional adventurer, and his team of international war correspondents have updated this indispensable handbook for the intrepid adventurer a "howto" in getting in and out of the world's hot spots.
We are living in a dangerous world, and now more than ever people want to know what is going on where (and why). Featuring 25 countries, The World's Most Dangerous Places, 5th Edition offers a brief uptotheminute history of each nation, provides tips on how to get in, out and around safely, and uncovers their dangers, from diseases, land mines, and kidnapping to mercenaries and militias. Completely revised, this edition has a number of countries who have been added to the hot list.
With firsthand accounts of breathtaking adventure in each country, the book also provides the latest indispensable information on contacts for nongovernmental and rescue organizations, environmental groups, political activists, training schools in outdoor survival, commando techniques, and other potentially lifesaving advice.
Survival tips you just don't get anywhere else! The controversial adventurers' guidebook to the world's hot spots.
List of Maps | xi | |
The Author | 1 | |
The Contributors | 2 | |
What is Dangerous? | ||
What Is Dangerous? | 9 | |
No One Gets Out of Here Alive | 9 | |
"Adventure" Travel ... Isn't | 14 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Pamplona | 16 | |
What Danger Awaits the Weary Traveler? | 19 | |
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid ... Not | 19 | |
Stylin' by the Deadly Mile | 23 | |
Making the Best of Nasty Situations | 41 | |
Roll Up to the Magical Misery Tour | 41 | |
War | 43 | |
In the Land of the Yankee Pig | 47 | |
Viva la Revolution! | 48 | |
Fun-da-Mental Oases | 51 | |
Mental Places | 53 | |
Jackboot Junkets | 55 | |
Gimmeyawalletland | 58 | |
Impoverished Paradises | 60 | |
Terrorist Places | 62 | |
Into the Killing Zones: Journos | 64 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Northern Albania | 70 | |
Business Travelers | 75 | |
Professional Victims | 75 | |
Tourists | 79 | |
Fodder for Fiends | 79 | |
DP Survival Course: Seven Things That Will Save Your Life | 83 | |
In a Dangerous Place Central Asia | 88 | |
Bribes | 93 | |
Stand and Deliver | 93 | |
The Price for Doing Bad Things | 95 | |
When It is Better to Give Than to Receive | 96 | |
An Exciting New Franchise Opportunity | 97 | |
Dangerous Jobs | 99 | |
Danger Live: Nine to Five | 99 | |
Dangerous Occupations | 101 | |
Who Ya Gonna Call? | 106 | |
Dangerous Diseases | 121 | |
Souvenirs from Hell | 121 | |
Malaria | 125 | |
Worms | 128 | |
The Fevers | 128 | |
Sex (STDs) | 130 | |
Hepatitis A, B, C | 131 | |
AIDS | 132 | |
Old-Fashioned Diseases | 134 | |
A Rogue's Gallery of Diseases | 137 | |
In a Dangerous Place: The Sahara | 153 | |
Drugs | 155 | |
War's Bastard Son | 155 | |
Heroin | 157 | |
Cocaine and Crack | 160 | |
Cannabis/Marijuana/Hashish | 163 | |
Pills | 163 | |
Drugs 'n' the Hood | 164 | |
Getting Arrested | 171 | |
Oh, Won't You Stay ... Just a Little Bit Longer | 171 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Mali | 174 | |
Guns | 177 | |
You Talking to ME? | 177 | |
Cops: The Real World | 180 | |
Handguns | 180 | |
Rifles and Assault Rifles | 181 | |
Medium-Range Weapons | 185 | |
Long-Range Weapons | 187 | |
Intelligence | 191 | |
What You Don't Know Can Kill You | 191 | |
Check Things Out | 194 | |
Government Travel Sources | 197 | |
Nongovernment Travel Information | 198 | |
Visas | 200 | |
News | 201 | |
Safety Training | 203 | |
Kidnapping | 205 | |
You're in Good Hands | 205 | |
Hostage Etiquette/Survival | 213 | |
Kidnap, Rescue, and Extortion Insurance (KRE) | 214 | |
KRE Resources | 216 | |
Security Resources | 218 | |
Land Mines/UXO | 223 | |
Boom Times | 223 | |
More Than You Ever Want to Know about Mines | 225 | |
How Do You Get Rid of Land Mines? | 233 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Kabul | 235 | |
Mercenaries | 243 | |
How to Travel Free, Meet Interesting People, and Then Kill Them | 243 | |
Happiness Is a Warm Gun: The Army/Navy/Marines/Air Force | 244 | |
Beau Geste: The French Foreign Legion | 246 | |
Working Freelance | 250 | |
Happiness Is a Hired Gun: PMCs and Mercs | 251 | |
Soldiers of Misfortune | 255 | |
The Men-Who-Would-Be-King Club | 257 | |
The Players | 265 | |
Happiness Is a Dead Infidel: The Mujahideen | 278 | |
Terrorism | 283 | |
I Hear You Knockin', But You Can't Come In | 283 | |
Why Do Terrorists and Rock Stars Have Only One Name? | 286 | |
Terrorism 101 | 289 | |
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall | 292 | |
Adventure Calls | 301 | |
Life Is Not a Job | 301 | |
Expeditions | 302 | |
Adventure Racing | 309 | |
Dangerous Places | ||
Dangerous Places | 313 | |
DP's Ratings | 313 | |
Dangerous Places (Short and Sweet) | 315 | |
The Grim Reaper's Cheat Sheet | 315 | |
Afghanistan | 319 | |
Tali-Banned, Tali-Bombed, and Tali-Gone | 319 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Afghanistan | 357 | |
Algeria | 377 | |
Cutthroat Politics | 377 | |
The Balkans | ||
Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania | 397 | |
Balkan Bits | 397 | |
Chechnya (Ichkeria) | 425 | |
Howling Wolf | 425 | |
Colombia | 447 | |
Coca Loco Land | 447 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Colombia | 475 | |
Georgia (Sakartvelo) | 479 | |
Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do | 479 | |
Great Lakes | ||
Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and The Democratic Republic of Congo | 499 | |
Heart of Darkness | 499 | |
India | 529 | |
Gandhi Pieces | 529 | |
Iran | 565 | |
Party Like It's 1399 | 565 | |
Iraq | 587 | |
The Garden of Bleedin' | 587 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Baghdad | 617 | |
Israel/Palestine | 627 | |
An Eye for an Eye | 627 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Israel | 664 | |
Kurdistan | 675 | |
Blood Kurd'ling | 675 | |
Lebanon | 699 | |
Deadly Doormat | 699 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Lebanon | 715 | |
Liberia | 729 | |
Black Spot | 729 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Tubmanburg | 753 | |
Nepal | 759 | |
Neverest | 759 | |
North Korea | 777 | |
King of Denial | 777 | |
Pakistan | 795 | |
Wackistan | 795 | |
The Philippines | 827 | |
A Marriage of Inconvenience | 827 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Negros | 849 | |
Russia | 853 | |
Red 'n' Dead | 853 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Russia | 881 | |
South Africa | 889 | |
So'sweat-o | 889 | |
Sudan | 911 | |
Black Moon Rising | 911 | |
The United States of America | 931 | |
Home of the Brave | 931 | |
Yemen | 959 | |
Blamin' Yemen | 959 | |
Zimbabwe | 977 | |
Farmageddon | 977 | |
In a Dangerous Place: Zimbabwe | 1001 | |
Mr. Dp's Little Black Book | ||
Save the World | 1009 | |
Patching the Apocalypse | 1009 | |
Working Overseas | 1011 | |
Save Yourself | 1031 | |
Stay Alive! (At Least Until You Get Home) | 1031 | |
What to Pack | 1045 | |
Use It or Lose It | 1045 | |
Index | 1058 | |
Photo Credits | 1075 |