About the Murphy's Guide to World Travel

 We’ve all heard of Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.”

This is also true while traveling.  And while that’s scary, it should never prevent you from going to interesting places.  Instead, you should learn about the risks, make educated decisions about what risks you are willing to take, and know what to do if something goes wrong.

With that in mind: I, Murphy the plague hedgehog, present to you 

The Murphy’s Guide to World Travel.

How it works:

Each risk will be assessed (yes, this is subjective. Sorry, I’m just one hedgehog) for it’s likelihood to occur and its severity if it does.  This will be on a scale of zero to five plague hedgehogs. 🦔

A zero for occurrence means it is near impossible or impossible.  A five means it’s a near certainty.

A zero for severity means that if it happens, it’s really nothing to worry about. A minor annoyance at worst.  A five means a decent likelihood of death.

Let’s give a couple of examples.

ENCOUNTERING A PLAGUE HEDGEHOGS!

Yep! We long-eared hedgehogs can carry plague.

Likelihood of Occurrence:

Outside Central Asia: 0/5 plague hedgehogs

In Central Asia:  🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔/5 (Meaning, you are almost certainly going to meet one of us)

Severity:

Outside of Central Asia: 0/5

In Central Asia: 🦔/5 (Unless you are picking up hedgehogs, you almost certainly won’t get the plague, and if you do it can be treated with antibiotics.  Is there a risk? Yes, is there even a risk of death? Yes. But it’s super unlikely.)

Oh? You want a non hedgehog example? Fine.  Boring.

Getting Pick Pocketed in Mongolia

Likelihood of Event: 🦔🦔🦔🦔/5 (Seriously. It happens to loads of people.)

Severity: 🦔🦔/5 (Losing your money, cards, and ID while traveling is a big problem! But fortunately, Mongolia’s many embassies are used to this crisis and ready to help.)

Make sense?

After the risk, we’ll tell you 

-How to prepare to prevent it and be ready if it happens

-What to do if it does happen

-An anecdote from someone who experienced it and can tell you if they made the right decisions.

Now remember, just like everything else in the world, your own experiences may vary.  But hopefully this will help you make good decisions when you travel.