How much traveling have you done overseas? I've been to a handful of countries and have never had reason to be afraid. No one I know who's travelled overseas ha

How much traveling have you done overseas? I've been to a handful of countries and have never had reason to be afraid. No one I know who's travelled overseas has has been hurt or robbed or anything like that either. To my knowledge none of them hid their Americanness. People told me I needed to wrap my luggage in seran wrap when I went to the Philippines so that corrupt customs officials wouldn't put contraband in my bag. The airline workers had to hold back a laugh at my naivete when they checked my wrapped luggage. To be fair I did see political graffiti from communist rebels who occasionally kidnap people for ransom, but it was obvious on sight that I was American - which prompted people in the street to try and sell me beautiful craft work, not to kidnap me.