[Captain Ahab Jr]

Our family holidays are to countries a bit beyond most peoples comfort zone, we don't do escorted holidays but tend to do our own thing, usually self drive or public transport.

Before we choose a country I do my risk assessment homework, not reading forums, message boards but look at government based such as the UK Foreign Office or the US FBI websites.

We've been to some amazing places and met some cool people without getting ourselves into anything I as a husband/father wasn't comfortable with

There is risk where ever you travel in the world, travel does broaden the mind but it will never make stupid people smart.