Canadian Bacon

Hey tpunks,

Just got off the phone with my parents who think I am absolutely insane to want to travel to the Middle East.

This is my question to you all: how do you reassure your parents when you are travelling to "unsafe" places?, ie. Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Middle East, etc.

BUT

how to do it while being responsible. Responsible meaning: reassure your parents, so they won't worry as much and have a heart attack worrying about you. Not with a "I'll do whatever I want, and you'll just have to deal with it" kind of attitude.

I'm talking about easing their concerns, being considerate of their feelings... this is something I have not been able to do...

anyone have similar experiences?

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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."

Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)

"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."