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Some unsolicited advice
Edit: Formatting.
In the 70s and 80s, if a fast talking guy with sunglasses and slicked back hair and in a checkered suit wanted to talk to you about the latest greatest thing .... you knew they were selling something shitty.
Today we call those people influencers.
They were a trend back then, they're a trend now and will die out when the next trend starts ..... probably brain implanted advertising inside your dreams or something like that.
It's something that every generations grown up with ....
The last point has to come with a huge caveat. Some of those developing countries are pretty unsafe outside of resorts without a guide or a local that knows where you should and shouldn't go.
There's certainly more dangers and risk and that's important to be mindful of, but I don't agree that it should be limited to having to have a local or a guide.
Some more unsolicited advice to that end.
I know that's seems like a lot, but it really boils down to being mindful, aware, and prepared.
Edit: split out conflicts and biases and removed a mansplainy bit.