Robert Young Pelton's the World's Most Dangerous Places

by PELTON R

• ISBN13: 9780062737380
• ISBN10: 0062737384
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-11
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

The indispensable handbook for the intrepid adventurer, how to get in and get out of the world's hot spots. Softcover.

Author Biography

Robert Young Pelton is also the author of Come Back Alive, his autobiography. The Adventurist, and is a regular columnist for National Geographic Adventure. He produces and hosts a television series for Discovery and the Travel Channel, and appears frequently as an expert on current affairs and travel safety on CNN, FOX News, and other news networks

Table of Contents

The Author
The Contributors	2	(5)
What Is Dangerous?	7	(8)
Yuh Gunna Die	7	(2)
Time	9	(1)
Accidents	10	(1)
Disease	10	(1)
Travel	11	(1)
Accident Facts	12	(3)
What Danger Awaits the Weary Traveler?	15	(20)
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid ... Not	15	(2)
Stylin' by the Deadly Mile	17	(1)
Minibuses	18	(2)
Taxis	20	(1)
Automobiles	21	(3)
Boats	24	(3)
Flying	27	(4)
Trains	31	(1)
Tourism	32	(1)
Natural Disasters	32	(3)
Making the Best of Nasty Situations	35	(52)
Roll Up to the Magical Misery Tour	35	(2)
War	37	(2)
Watching War Waste	39	(1)
The DP List	40	(5)
Into the Killing Zones	45	(3)
In the Land of the Yankee Pig	48	(2)
Viva la Revolution!	50	(2)
Fun-da-Mental Oases	52	(2)
Mental Places	54	(2)
Jackboot Junkets	56	(2)
Gimmeyawalletland	58	(2)
Impoverished Paradises	60	(1)
Terrorist Places	61	(2)
In a Dangerous Place: Northern Albania	63	(4)
Business Travelers
Professional Victims	67	(2)
Dangerous Places for Business Travel	69	(1)
Gangsters: The Businessman's Friend	70	(3)
Tourists
Fodder for Fiends	73	(6)
The Penalties of Self-Defense	79	(1)
Dangerous Places for Tourists	80	(1)
The Most Dangerous Places for Tourists	81	(1)
In a Dangerous Place: Central Asia	82	(5)
Bribes	87	(6)
Stand and Deliver	87	(2)
The Price for Doing Bad Things	89	(4)
Dangerous Jobs	93	(20)
Danger Live: Nine to Five	93	(2)
Dangerous Occupations	95	(13)
In a Dangerous Place: Central Asia	108	(5)
Dangerous Diseases	113	(26)
Souvenirs from Hell	113	(2)
Malaria	115	(2)
Worms	117	(1)
The Fevers	117	(1)
Sex (STDs)	118	(2)
Hepatitis A, B, C	120	(1)
AIDS	120	(2)
Old-Fashioned Diseases	122	(2)
A Rogue's Gallery of Diseases	124	(12)
In a Dangerous Place: The Sahara	136	(3)
Drugs	139	(18)
War's Bastard Son	139	(1)
Heroin	140	(4)
The Golden Crescent	141	(1)
The Abkhaz Route	142	(1)
The Golden Triangle	143	(1)
The Americas: Heroin's Brave New World	144	(1)
Cocaine	144	(2)
Cannabis	146	(1)
Drugs 'n the Hood	147	(7)
Europe	147	(1)
The Balkans	148	(1)
Trans-Caucasus	148	(1)
Colombia	149	(1)
Thailand	149	(1)
Myanmar	150	(2)
Mexico	152	(1)
Panama	152	(1)
Peru	152	(1)
Russia	152	(1)
Africa	153	(1)
The Drugstore	154	(3)
Getting Arrested	157	(4)
Oh Won't You Stay... Just a Little Bit Longer	157	(2)
In a Dangerous Place: Mali	159	(2)
Guns	161	(22)
Itty-Bitty Bang Bang	161	(8)
Handguns	163	(1)
Rifles/Submachine Guns	164	(1)
Medium-Range Weapons	165	(1)
Rockets (RPGs)	166	(1)
Machine Guns	166	(1)
Long-Range Weapons	166	(3)
In a Dangerous Place: Afghanistan	169	(2)
Intelligence
Ignorance Is Bliss	171	(3)
Government Travel Sources	174	(1)
Visas	174	(1)
Travel Information	175	(1)
For Journalists/Writers	176	(1)
Cool Tools	177	(1)
News	177	(1)
Safety Training	178	(1)
Health	179	(1)
Open Source	179	(4)
Kidnapping	183	(14)
You're in Good Hands	183	(4)
Kidnap, Rescue and Extortion Insurance (KRE)	187	(3)
Security Resources	190	(7)
Land Mines	197	(18)
Boom Times	197	(1)
More Than You Ever Want to Know About Mines	198	(10)
How Are They Used?	200	(1)
How Do They Work?	201	(2)
Where Are the Mines?	203	(3)
How Do You Get Rid of Land Mines?	206	(2)
In a Dangerous Place: Kabul	208	(7)
Military and Paramilitary Organizations	215	(36)
How to Travel Free, Meet Interesting People and Then Kill Them	215	(1)
Happiness Is a Warm Gun: The Army/Navy/Air Force	216	(1)
Beau Geste: The French Foreign Legion	217	(3)
Working Freelance	220	(1)
Happiness Is a Hired Gun: PMCs and Mercs	220	(6)
The Men Who Would Be King Club	226	(4)
The Players	230	(1)
The Back Room	231	(2)
The Front Room	233	(1)
The Traders/Soldiers of Fortune	233	(4)
Happiness Is a Dead Infidel: The Mujahedin	237	(3)
Military/Adventure Resources	240	(2)
In a Dangerous Place: Las Vegas	242	(9)
Terrorism	251	(22)
I Hear You Knocking, But You Can't Come In	251	(6)
Other People, Other Voices	257	(2)
Television	257	(1)
Radio	258	(1)
Adventure Calls
Life Is Not a Job	259	(1)
Expeditions	260	(3)
Expedition Planning	263	(2)
Expedition Organizers	265	(1)
Adventure Racing	266	(4)
DP's ratings	270	(1)
The Hands	270	(3)
Dangerous Places (Short and Sweet)	273	(708)
The Grim Reaper's Cheat Sheet	273	(4)
Afghanistan
Talibision Comes to Kabul	277	(13)
The Unemployed Warlords for Hire Department, Or ``It Ain't Over Until the Fat Man Swings''	290	(14)
In a Dangerous Place: Afghanistan	304	(3)
Albania
The Return of the Albaniacs	307	(9)
In a Dangerous Place: Albania-Kosovo Border	316	(3)
Algeria
The Triangle of Death	319	(13)
In a Dangerous Place: Algeria	332	(9)
Angola
Movin' on Up	341	(14)
Bosnia-Herzegovina
War Criminals United	355	(12)
Bougainville
Jungle Boogie	367	(9)
In a Dangerous Place: Bougainville	376	(7)
Brazil
Street Kids Named Desire	383	(12)
Burundi
The Problem	395	(12)
Cambodia
Come Here, Rouge!	407	(16)
In a Dangerous Place: Pailin	423	(2)
Chechnya (Ichkeria)
The Return of Howling Wolf	425	(13)
In a Dangerous Place: Chechnya	438	(15)
Colombia
Coca Loco Land	453	(18)
Congo
Heart of Desire	471	(12)
In a Dangerous Place: The Congo	483	(6)
Dagestan
Wolf Pact	489	(10)
In a Dangerous Place: Dagestan	499	(4)
East Timor
Timor Bomb	503	(7)
In a Dangerous Place: East Timor	510	(11)
Ethiopia/Eritrea
Africa's Locked Horns	521	(14)
India
Kashmir Sweat	535	(18)
Iran
Party Like It's 1399	553	(16)
Iraq
The Garden of Needin'	569	(24)
Israel
Eye to Eye	593	(18)
Kosovo
Pieces in Our Time	611	(11)
In a Dangerous Place: Kosovo	622	(5)
Kurdistan
Blood Kurd'ling	627	(18)
Liberia
Chuck Taylor and His All-Stars	645	(14)
Mexico
Run for the Border	659	(20)
Myanmar
Politically Incorrect	679	(19)
In a Dangerous Place: Myanmar	698	(5)
Nigeria
Formula 419	703	(14)
North Korea
Il or Illin?	717	(14)
Pakistan
Dodge City with Skiing	731	(24)
Rhythm and Blues	755	(8)
The Philippines
A Marriage of Inconvenience	763	(13)
In a Dangerous Place: Negros	776	(3)
Russia
Bled Red 'til Dead	779	(20)
Rwanda
Tutsi Pop	799	(12)
Sierra Leone
Operation No Living Thing	811	(12)
Somalia
Clan Bake	823	(16)
Sri Lanka
Body Count	839	(12)
Sudan
Black Tide Rising	851	(14)
In a Dangerous Place: Southern Sudan	865	(6)
Tajikistan
Tragikistan	871	(12)
In a Dangerous Place: Tajikistan	883	(4)
Turkey
Muddle East	887	(18)
In a Dangerous Place: Southeastern Turkey	905	(6)
Uganda
Where Danger Still Hangs Out	911	(12)
In a Dangerous Place: Uganda	923	(4)
The United States
How the West Was Stunned	927	(32)
Coming Attractions
The Future's So Bright	959	(1)
Akhazia	960	(1)
Akhaz Haze	960	(1)
Central African Republic	960	(1)
CAR Cesspool	960	(1)
Ceuta and Melilla	960	(1)
It's a Dung Hole After All	960	(1)
China	961	(2)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	961	(1)
Dangerous Places	962	(1)
Getting In	962	(1)
The Comoros	963	(1)
Backwater Bungle	963	(1)
Congo Brazzaville	963	(1)
Two Out of Three?	963	(1)
Corsica	964	(1)
The Tourist War	964	(1)
Cyprus	964	(1)
U(N) Can Never Go Home Again	964	(1)
Equatorial Guinea	965	(1)
Dictator of the Week	965	(1)
Greece	965	(1)
November 17: A Good Day to Die	965	(1)
Indonesia	966	(1)
Archipeliblow	966	(1)
The Players	966	(1)
Kenya	967	(1)
A Rift in the Valley	967	(1)
Laos	968	(1)
Bombies and Zombies	968	(1)
Morocco	969	(1)
Sand Wars	969	(1)
Nepal	969	(1)
Trek or Treat	969	(1)
Northern Ireland	969	(1)
Ununited Kingdom	969	(1)
Peru	970	(1)
Senegal	970	(1)
Lovelorn	970	(1)
The Spratlys	971	(1)
Makin' Mischief	971	(1)
Taiwan	971	(1)
The Seed of World War III	971	(1)
Venezuela	971	(1)
Ai Caramba!	971	(1)
In a Dangerous Place: Montenegro	972	(9)
Save the World	981	(14)
Patching the Apocalypse	981	(2)
Working Overseas	983	(6)
Human Rights Groups	989	(4)
Medical Aid Groups	993	(2)
Save Yourself	995	(8)
Stay Alive! (At Least Until You Get Home)	995	(2)
Journalist Safety Training	997	(1)
Adventure/Recreation Schools	998	(1)
Adventure Experience Organizations	999	(1)
Survival Training	1000	(1)
Travel Insurance	1001	(1)
Emergency/Rescue	1001	(2)
What to Pack	1003	(10)
Use It or Lose It	1003	(5)
Gifts	1008	(1)
Weird Stuff No Adventurer Should Be Without	1008	(2)
Those Hard to Find Items	1010	(3)
International Long-Distance Access Codes	1013	(6)
Index	1019