Comments on: How safe for a solo female traveller? http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2009/03/27/how-safe-for-a-solo-female-traveller/ Ultimate South America travel tips on hotels, flights, destinations, holiday types, beaches and more. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Scribetrotter http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2009/03/27/how-safe-for-a-solo-female-traveller/#comment-1117 Scribetrotter Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:43:34 +0000 http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2009/03/27/how-safe-for-a-solo-female-traveller/#comment-1117 As a woman who has been traveling solo since the age of 15, I absolutely concur. Latin America is quite safe as long as you act intelligently. The one safest way to see the continent is to learn a bit of Spanish (it'll even work in Brazil, if you speak slowly). Speaking Spanish has made it easier for me to navigate situations that might have been a little less smooth than I would have liked. The rest of your advice is absolutely common sense and applies well beyond Latin America! As a woman who has been traveling solo since the age of 15, I absolutely concur. Latin America is quite safe as long as you act intelligently. The one safest way to see the continent is to learn a bit of Spanish (it’ll even work in Brazil, if you speak slowly). Speaking Spanish has made it easier for me to navigate situations that might have been a little less smooth than I would have liked.

The rest of your advice is absolutely common sense and applies well beyond Latin America!

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