Traveling in Unsafe Countries

As adventurous travelers, we often accept a certain amount of risk when visiting these far flung destinations. You may expect that the Costa Rican bus you're traveling in won't have seatbelts or that you might get "Delhi Belly" while traveling through India, but what happens when you end up visiting a country where the government falls apart?

When I moved to the former Soviet Union two years ago, I had no idea that during my time here the region would experience three "colorful revolutions"–Georgia, the Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan have all experienced popular uprisings in the past 18 months.

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Marburg and Other Nasty Viruses

Marburg, like Ebola, is spread through contact with bodily fluids, such as blood and sweat, as well as other “bodily excretions." A cough can be deadly if a few drops land in an eye or mouth.

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