What advice do you have for children traveling for the first time?

It's a no-no for Liu Yong to go out. My daughter is going to travel to more than a dozen countries in the world alone recently. In order to meet more people, she didn't join the tour group and ran completely by herself. I'd like to take this opportunity to write down some taboos in travel for every friend who travels. The article is divided into four chapters: before departure, when arrival, hotel and street, and will be published in four phases. Just write it before you go! Avoid "swimming without the right direction". Confucius said it well: "If parents are here, you can swim well if you don't travel far. Even if your parents are away, in order to be responsible for your family and protect yourself, you'd better tell your family (or friends) the itinerary you have decided before you go away. It should include every place that is most likely to come into contact with you. Even if you don't book a hotel at all and are a backpacker, you should choose a few places that you will definitely pass. You can even leave the data of tourist service centers in various countries with your family, and ask them if they have heard from you when you get to those places. A better way is that you can report your personal data and itinerary to the foreign affairs department of the government, that is, let the foreign Ministry of your country know where "his nationals" are going. They have the responsibility to keep you safe and help you when necessary. So you should have the data of the consulate around you and leave these data to your family. Don't go backwards. There's always a way out. Copy the necessary travel documents and passports before departure, one at home, one in the luggage, and one with the original documents, but not in the same place. For example, you put your passport in your wallet and a copy in your pocket. Your money should be divided into at least two places, that is, you should assume that your wallet is stolen, your luggage is lost, or you are robbed, and you can still have some emergency money. Whether it's the local currency or the dollar you carry with you, you should prepare large and small bills and don't leave them anywhere. In other words, when you are in an emergency, you should be able to take out large or small bills accurately. Don't think it's enough to bring a large denomination, because you may not find someone to change it for the time being. If you find someone who doesn't know you, he is afraid that you will take counterfeit money and won't change it for you. When you only need to pay a dollar or two, it is even more important to avoid showing off your big pile of bills. You should also look at foreign exchange carefully, on the one hand, to see whether the figures are correct, on the other hand, to recognize unfamiliar banknotes clearly, so as not to treat fifty yuan as five yuan, and at the same time, as mentioned above, to sort them according to denomination. Avoid carrying too much luggage. Traveling light, the more relaxed, the more free. If you can only bring one, don't bring two; Don't bring large bottles if you can bring small bottles; If you can use plastic bottles, don't use glass bottles; If you can throw it all the way, or if you can buy it locally, don't drag it all the way. Remember, give up! Give it up! If you want to "get", you have to "give up" The more you want to shop outside, don't take too heavy luggage with you at the beginning. When you bring too few things, in order to avoid empty boxes and easy damage, you can put a few cartons in, fill all the newly bought things and throw them away. When you encounter perishable items, you can also put them in cartons prepared in advance. You'd better take a light and strong bag with you. ) used to pack things when necessary. It's better to have a bigger bag, so when you buy a lot of small things and it's inconvenient to hold them in your hand, you can put them together in that bag. More importantly, when checking luggage at the airport, if you are fined for being overweight, you can temporarily take out a few small but heavy things from the big box and carry them with you. (such as books, but excluding liquids, sprays and knives that are not allowed to board the plane. Don't be ignorant, just like the pilot and co-pilot of an airplane. Before taking off, check them one by one in a "retelling" way. No matter how experienced a traveler you are, you should think "from head to toe" when packing. This "from head to toe" is the real "head" and "foot", that is, you think of your feet from the beginning and all the way. For example, if you start thinking from the top hair, you will think of umbrellas, hats, shampoos, sunscreen, glasses (you may need to bring an extra pair), sunglasses, lip balm, scarves, necklaces (for safety reasons, you may decide to take them off at home) ... When you don't think about them bit by bit, but think that you have brought them, you will probably find, "Wow! I am going to Africa, the sun is so big, how can I forget the sunscreen! " "I'm going to Alaska. The weather is dry and cold. Why did I forget my lip balm? " "Oh, my God! I can't believe I forgot my socks! In the same way, you must check your passport, visa (if it is a separate visa paper or a valid visa signed in your old passport), credit card, traveler's checks, cash, contact number, mobile phone, laptop … in case you find that you have to go home when you arrive at the airport. Also, you should remember how many carry-on luggage you have. Remind yourself at any time along the way and count. After someone helps you put your luggage on the car, be sure to check it yourself or ask if the quantity is correct. In case you think I took it, I think you did. Finally, one of them is still in the room or outside the airport. Don't bring anything repetitive. If you travel frequently, such as staying in the mountains for a few days, the suitcases should be one big and one small (the small ones can also be backpacks), because you can't take the big suitcases, you must leave the big suitcases at the foot of the mountain and only take the light ones up the mountain. Bring shoes suitable for different occasions. For example, most of you travel in cities, but you may take mountain roads and cross streams on the way. But you're going to several formal occasions. You just want to bring a pair of shoes, but of course you can't bring smooth leather shoes. Even for possible wading, even the upper should be made of waterproof material. Similarly, if you only need to wear a suit once or twice (some restaurants will require all male customers to wear a suit jacket, even in the middle of a meal), there is no need to bring anything too expensive, even a set of artificial fibers is enough to prevent wrinkles and rain shrinkage. Unless the purpose of your trip is to "show off", the more common and worthless you take, the less you will feel gain and loss and the more relaxed and happy you will be. Avoid open pockets or gaps in luggage. Backpacks and handbags often have open pockets on the side, which are convenient to carry and become a good place for drug smugglers to "entrust". People are often found hiding drugs in carry-on luggage or even loose clothes pockets at customs, but the arrested people have no idea because they are "poisonous kangaroos". "So if your luggage, especially your backpack, has an open pocket, you'd better add a strong button or sew it up. Otherwise, you will be arrested for no reason, and the drug smuggler will escape. It's really a hundred schools of thought. You should even be careful of illegal "customs officials" stuffing drugs into your luggage. At this time, the law enforcement power is in their hands. The most important thing for you is that when they put the "discovered so-called drugs" into your hand, don't answer it! If you don't touch it at all, your fingerprints won't be on it, and there are still some opportunities to turn over a new leaf. Don't help the old, weak, women and children bring things through the customs because of sympathy. If necessary, you can help them find the airport staff for help. But when you go looking for someone, be careful with your luggage. When a friend asks you to bring something, you'd better check it out. If that friend is sensible, he should open something in front of you and show it to you first. And on the way to the airport, try to avoid luggage leaving sight. Because you can't be sure whether terrorists will sneak dangerous goods into your luggage. Don't write your name, address and telephone number in big letters on your luggage, lest the gangsters write it down and blackmail you. For example, you have boarded the plane and your mobile phone can't be used. You pretend to be nervous and inform your family that you had an accident on the way to the airport and are anxious to wait for money. Some international fraud groups even cheat your family when you go abroad and ask your family to remit money to the gangsters' overseas accounts. Therefore, the words on the name tag should be smaller, and it is best to use a tag with a cover. To say the least, you should also put a big piece of paper in the obvious position of each piece of luggage and write down your contact information, so that even if the luggage is lost and the name tag is missing, you can recognize it as your luggage. Because many boxes are similar, in order to avoid taking the wrong luggage, you can make a clear mark on the luggage. For example, stick a sticker and wrap the obvious things on the handle. But don't hang a bunch of ropes or something, so as not to get entangled on the baggage carousel (sometimes even tear the baggage). Never forget the boarding gate. Even if you have got your boarding pass in advance, you'd better check the screen data of the boarding gate when you arrive at the airport. Because the boarding gate may change at any time. If you arrive at the airport early and stare at your boarding gate, you think that as long as you don't see other passengers entering, it means you haven't boarded the plane yet. Probably the boarding gate has changed, and the plane has left, and you don't even know it. You should also confirm your reservation in advance according to airline regulations to avoid being found cancelled at the airport. It is more important to determine whether the plane takes off on time before departure, so as not to delay or cancel the flight and wait at the airport. Don't leave your luggage at the airport. If you travel alone, your luggage hasn't arrived yet, and you are in a hurry to pee, you'd better wait until after the delivery, or you will leave with your luggage. Similarly, if you arrive, you should pee at the baggage claim area and don't rush to get your luggage. Go to the bathroom first, and then get it when you come back, or you'll have to get your luggage. In short, you can't leave your luggage there alone and go to the bathroom by yourself. Because it is very likely that you will come back at your convenience and find that your luggage has been "disposed of" by airport security personnel, and it is suspected to be explosives. When handing in the Lee Guo X-ray machine, don't leave in a hurry, stop for a while, and then go to the boarding gate to make sure there is no problem, so as not to miss you when there is a problem. When you and your carry-on baggage pass through the checkpoint, don't rush to put your luggage on the track. Because when you send your luggage up and then go through the "metal detection door", someone may suddenly jump in front of you, and because he has a pile of things that can be sensed, he will be returned again and again for re-inspection. When he passes by, you will find that your luggage is missing, or even if you find it, there is something missing in it. On the contrary, don't take things that don't belong to you, even if the customs officers give them to you! In a corrupt country, if you take it, you are likely to be arrested immediately, saying that the bag of drugs is yours and asking you to pay. Avoid bribing customs officials. Even if you hear that customs officers in a certain country will take bribes, don't take the initiative to plug the money unless you have to. Because not every customs officer takes bribes, the time and occasion of taking bribes will change. Just because someone paid a bribe last week doesn't mean it will be the same this week. Maybe the government improved it, installed a camera in the back, or met a corrupt customs officer. You bribe, it's over! Even he can be black and white. If you give him money, he will arrest you and say that you are illegally bribing and going to jail. The facts are there, the physical evidence is clear, and you are a red-handed criminal. You can't argue with the other side, and finally beg for mercy for a long time before you are fined. As for where the fine you paid went, you'd better not ask or ask for a receipt. Otherwise, please go in again! If you are a backpacker and love the feeling of wandering, you'd better book a place to stay for the "first night" before going to a strange country. Because life has no goals, it is dangerous to travel without goals, but it is risky to go to a strange country and not know where to go. If you can decide where to spend the night in advance, at least you will have a direction and goal first. When you get there, it can be a youth hostel or a homestay, and you will have the opportunity to meet other travelers and even find companions. You can also learn about the places you should pay attention to when traveling there. Even the tourist information counter in a hotel may not be as good as the youth travel station that can provide information. Because you're not going on a tour group tour, but going backpacking. What you need to know is the obstacles and traps you may encounter on the road, not the street where Michelin restaurant is located. What place can be more knowledgeable than a backpacker's travel station? Don't take the pheasant car. If you haven't booked this first stop, please don't rush out of the airport. You should go to the tourist information center at the airport first and change some local currency (because the exchange rate at the airport is usually poor, you can change a small amount first). But remember! This is also when you are targeted by gangsters. There may be many eyes staring at you not far away: a big fat sheep who knows nothing is coming. So when you leave the counseling center, you must make it look like you have a plan. At this time, don't go even if there is the most attractive price for pheasant cars. It's best to take a crowded public transport or a legal taxi, and don't get on the thief's car by mistake from the beginning. Avoid reading maps in the street. If you travel to a strange place, be sure to prepare a detailed map and make clear every road you plan to take before going out. Because standing on the street and looking around, and then taking out a map to look at the street names, is equivalent to clearly telling gangsters that you are a good target. Why are tourists the easiest to be stolen, robbed and cheated? Because you didn't stay there long, he robbed you, and you are not very good at chasing him. Even if you report it, it is unlikely that you will stay there to appear in court. Plus, you don't speak the language and you're a stranger. No one can understand you when you shout. He ran into a small street and disappeared, and there was nothing you could do. Don't go into the dark alley. Remember! Unless the alley is busy enough, even if it is robbed, it is best not to chase it into the "black street and black alley". That's his territory. Don't say you can't find him. I'm afraid you'll have trouble finding him. Also, you know, just like people who rob banks to withdraw money, gangsters will look around first, and even enter the bank to stand inside and look for the object of robbery. You mustn't think that the robbers are improvising. When you look around the tourist attractions alone, you may have been "selected from the bird's screen". "There are too many tourist attractions, and it is not easy for him to start. He will follow you and see where you go. At this time, if you swim in a secluded alley, or enter a dark subway corridor or stairwell, it will create opportunities for the bad guys. Therefore, the more you go out of tourist attractions, the more you have to continue to go to lively places. " He (or they) "will accompany you for a while and leave without seeing the beginning of any" future ". By the same token, today, you are carrying a suitcase that seems to contain valuables, walking on the busy road, then walking to your car, opening the luggage compartment, putting the suitcase in, and then leaving, which is also creating opportunities for gangsters. Don't think that walking on a busy street will be all right. The problem is that you will be the target. He didn't dare to rob you in downtown, but he dared to pry open your car in downtown. In short, you should avoid all the possibilities of being a fat sheep and a target of public criticism. For example, wearing dazzling clothes, hanging a few cameras around his neck and holding a map in his hand. For example, you go to a famous brand store and carry handbags from several famous brands. Even if you spend money to buy tickets, the way you look at money, count money and know strange currencies fully shows your identity. Not to mention "revealing the truth". In order to avoid exposure, you'd better take less money, or even no wallet at all, and put small and medium-sized bills in different pockets, so that you won't expose large-sized bills when you buy small things. Some people will bring fake wallets, even wallets and wallets, but actually they don't put any money in them. Even if gangsters see you take out your wallet, they will think you have few pennies on you. Another function is that if it involves stealing, it is like a gecko cutting its tail and letting "him" take the wallet away, then forget it. If you go to a place with poor security, you can also hide some money in your socks in case you don't go home after being robbed. Don't be competitive, but sometimes, you are poor, but it is quite dangerous for gangsters to think you are rich. First, you make him think you are rich, which means you dress and behave like a rich man. In doing so, he felt cheated. Second, he thought he could have a bumper harvest, but he was disappointed, and he was inevitably ashamed and angry. Therefore, there was a popular saying in early Hong Kong: "In short, you should see the red". It means that if you don't see the red banknote of 100 Hong Kong dollars, you will be stabbed and see blood red. In particular, you should remember the truth that "good men (good women) don't suffer immediate losses". The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep. Unless the surrounding environment is favorable to you, you would rather lose money or even be humiliated and save your life. You can try to be brave in a familiar place, but not in a foreign land, especially in a place where the rule of law is not perfect and public security is not appeased. So, whether you are a boy or a girl, if you meet a robber when you are helpless, just give him the money. You can even open your wallet or wallet, show it to him, give him all the money and ask him to let you keep the necessary documents. Even so, you can't show contempt, for example, "don't you want money?" "I do. Take it! Because the robber belongs to the robber, he still has self-esteem, and even has inferiority complex. He is sensitive and easily angered. Avoid unnecessary wandering. Whether you are in Rome, Cairo or XX, if you do a survey, the proportion of tourists being stolen and robbed in the street will definitely exceed that of locals. Why are locals safer? As I said before, he is fluent in language and familiar with people, so he lives there. After the victim, he can pursue it to the end. Maybe he is a distant relative. " Rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests "is certainly not as good as" tourists ". On second thought, what's the difference between you and the locals? There's nothing we can do about different races and colors, but there are migrants everywhere, and even different ethnic groups may be locals. Also, clothes are different, so if you wear local clothes, or clothes that are too ordinary to be ordinary, it doesn't make much difference if you don't carry a travel bag. One more thing, you should know that the biggest difference between "locals" and you is that whether they go to work or go shopping, they all have a clear goal in mind and know which way they want to go. So I said before, don't stand on the street and look at the map everywhere. You'd better have a look before you go out. What if you can't remember? My suggestion is that you can watch it secretly. First, you should fold the place where you want to go in advance, that is, fold the map into small pieces to reveal the one you want to use, so as not to spread the whole map on the street and become an obvious target. Second, you can find a place to watch it secretly, so that old travelers will watch it while eating. Look at the map clearly. Since you are out of the restaurant, you should look very anxious. Walking fast is a good way to avoid becoming a target, because it can show that you "know the way" and act like a local. It also shows that you are energetic and more resistant, so you'd better not touch it. And because you walk fast, it is not easy for those who want to get close to you by performing arts or performances. At least, for example, the famous gypsy children's robbery group is not easy to shake things in front of your eyes, disturb you, and then wait for an opportunity to rush in, grab it and run. Walk on a quiet street at night, and avoid getting close to the buildings on the street, so as not to be dragged in. When hostile people approach, walk or cross the road (but pay attention to safety) to attract the attention of passing vehicles, and even reach out and stop the car when necessary to ask for help. Maybe you want to say, of course, travel around things slowly. That's right! If you are in a country with good public security, or in a crowded area, of course. But when you go to a corrupt place and a deserted street alone, you must be careful. Otherwise, you must find some companions to go with. Show all