In many regions of the world that saw armed conflicts in the past, landmines, booby traps, improvised traps, claymores, bombs and other forms of live ordnance may still be present and constituting a serious threat for anyone passing nearby: weapons and weaponry can kill long after it has been used, dropped or shot. Travellers intending to visit such areas must ask for information before venturing anywhere near those areas, including roads and trails.

Places such as those include: the border between Chile and Peru, Laos, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Sri Lanka, Punjab (India), Kashmir (India / Pakistan), Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Angola, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, The Malvinas / Falklands archipelago, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Lebanon, Indonesia, Timor, the Philippines, Kuwait, Somalia and some others. Play safe and you will be safe.



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