Somalia
Background The chances of you even getting your luxury yacht to Somalia in one piece aren’t high – the waters surrounding the country have the world’s highest incidences of piracy; we’re talking heavily armed gunships, and I don’t mean Blackbeard with his cannons. Somalia currently offers the danger loving tourist a full on civil war between rival warlords. It has been without a real central government since 1991 when President Siad Barre was overthrown and since then there have been 14 separate attempts to establish a government – all have failed.Our Travel tip: Write a will before you go!Dangers High level of criminal activity by armed militia including kidnapping and robbery Frequent inter-clan fighting and attacks on relief workers and journalists Piracy and armed robbery against ships in and around Somalia's waters High threat from terrorism against foreigners and Western interests.
Background The chances of you even getting your luxury yacht to Somalia in one piece aren’t high – the waters surrounding the country have the world’s highest incidences of piracy; we’re talking heavily armed gunships, and I don’t mean Blackbeard with his cannons. Somalia currently offers the danger loving tourist a full on civil war between rival warlords. It has been without a real central government since 1991 when President Siad Barre was overthrown and since then there have been 14 separate attempts to establish a government – all have failed.Our Travel tip: Write a will before you go!Dangers High level of criminal activity by armed militia including kidnapping and robbery Frequent inter-clan fighting and attacks on relief workers and journalists Piracy and armed robbery against ships in and around Somalia's waters High threat from terrorism against foreigners and Western interests.
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