Choose Adventure

Safe Travel In Dangerous Places

Do you get anxiety when you think about traveling to a foreign country? Do you want to see the world and have epic adventures while simultaneously avoiding the risk of death or dismemberment?

If you want to do dangerous things in a safe manner, this book is for you. Career police officer and veteran traveler Greg Ellifritz has written the definitive guide to safe travel in dangerous places. No matter whether you are traveling internationally or to one of the more dangerous cities in the USA, this book will provide you with quality tips that will make your travel adventure much safer and more enjoyable.

Choose Adventure provides simple and practical tips for the everyday traveler who wants to have fun in the developing world while reducing the chances of being victimized, injured, or killed. The book provides all the information you need to safely navigate the complex issues of international travel while enjoying yourself in the process.

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All the information you need to safely navigate the complex issues of international travel while enjoying yourself in the process.

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This book was written in 2019 and has 498 pages

A word from readers

“What sets this book out from the rest of the pack is the blend of expertise from a master traveler and instructor who takes joy in imparting his wisdom and experience. He’s an excellent writer: articulate, funny, concise. And his narrative is rich with well told tales and examples from his travels to illustrate his learning points.”

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What is this book about?

Choose Adventure provides simple and practical tips for the everyday traveler who wants to have fun in the developing world while reducing the chances of being victimized, injured, or killed. The book supplies all the information you need to safely navigate the complex issues of international travel while enjoying yourself in the process.

Why do you need this book?

Most guidebooks are limited to particular countries and  have neither the space nor the author expertise to offer comprehensive self protection advice.  Choose Adventure provides universally applicable principles that will help keep you safe, healthy, and comfortable in the developing world.  No other book on the market offers the in-depth travel safety advice you’ll find in “Choose Adventure.”

Best Practices

The author has done the work and learned the hard way.  He’s traveled to more than 50 countries on all seven continents either alone or in a small group.  Those travel experiences combined with a 25-year career as a police patrol officer and tactical trainer give the author a very unique skill set of worldwide “best practices” that he is able to impart to you in an informative and entertaining manner.

the author

Greg Ellifritz

Greg Ellifritz is a seasoned traveler, spending nearly two months of every year traveling in third world countries alone or in a small group. He’s traveled through more than 50 different countries or territories and has visited all seven continents. When not adventuring, Greg works as a full-time police officer in central Ohio. In his 24-year career, he has served as a patrol officer, bike patrol officer, firearms instructor, tactical trainer, and sniper for his agency. He teaches firearms, self-defense, travel safety, counter-kidnapping, and wilderness medicine classes through his company Active Response Training.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

A NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY

MY STORY

PLANNING YOUR TRIP: WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU LEAVE

WHAT TO PACK

AIRPORTS

ARRIVING AT YOUR DESTINATION

HOTELS

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS

TIPS FOR SMOOTHLY NAVIGATING DAILY LIFE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

MONEY, BANKING AND SHOPPING ISSUES

EATING AND DRINKING (WITHOUT DYING)

THIRD WORLD TOILETS AND RESTROOM ISSUES

JUST FOR FEMALE TRAVELERS

TAXIS, MOTORBIKES, AND AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION

BUSES, TRAINS, SUBWAYS, and OTHER TRANSPORT OPTIONS

TECHNOLOGY

HEALTH ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS

SCAM ARTISTS, BEGGARS AND HUSTLERS

PROSTITUTES

IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS AND PRE-ASSAULT INDICATORS

DEALING WITH CRIME: THE FIGHT/FLEE/COMPLY DECISION

DISCREET TRAVEL WEAPONS

IMPROVISED WEAPONS

POLICE AND GOVERNMENT INTERACTIONS

LANGUAGE ISSUES

SURVIVING EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS

SURVIVING THIRD WORLD RIOTS AND POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS

SURVIVING BOMBINGS AND TERRORIST ATTACKS

SURVIVING KIDNAPPING ATTEMPTS

DRUGS

REFERENCES

RESOURCES

USEFUL TRAVEL WEBSITES AND BLOGS

PRE-TRAVEL CHECKLIST

USEFUL TRAVEL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SMARTPHONE

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2019 and has 494 pages

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