nimrod said:
Cheers mate, he has been assuring me for a while that the places they are staying are full of tourists but that thousands of other young people have a great time and come back with no problems, theyve researched things a bit and seem to know what theyre talking about, but of course its great to hear it from someone with recent experiance...8 months is a long time , were you working there ? also is there any certain things he should not eat ?............Im guessing as theyre staying in hostels theyll pick up lots of advice form other travellers of their age.
He's still my little boy (in my head) and is the world to me...so its driving me a bit crazy this, Im actually quite depressed and not sleeping much.
Yeah, genuinely in all the big cities there's a pretty defined tourist area where all the hostels and stuff are. They're usually pretty well policed, with the odd exception, and safe enough especially if you're with other folk. The vast majority of crime is opportunistic and so easy to avoid if you're careful. I did some work for board and keep along the way, it's really easy to find, i was on farms but hostels are always looking for someone to work behind a bar or on reception.
Eating, it totally depends which country he's in. In Argentina and Colombia he can eat anything but in Bolivia nothing that's likely to involve unboiled water. He'll get sick at some point, almost everyone does, but it'll probably just be the shits for a few days.
