Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Stupid Government Warnings

I have this fantasy of traveling from Japan to France or Ireland, stopping in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece and some European countries along the way. So I was looking into Visa requirements and fees, and the US government has put a travel warning on some of those countries, namely Pakistan and Iran. Is that the kind of thing that should deter me from going? It would totally ruin my backpack across Asia and Europe thing I got going, so my question is: Should we take government travel warnings seriously? Thoughts? Or is that just the government covering its ass and being overly cautious?

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