Many travel articles deal with food, transportation and accommodation; but few dare to deal with what really concerns many travellers.

I pulled into the parking lot of the museum. The place felt like an old deserted western town, but here I was in Nazca, Peru.

“El peligro no existe, solo existe el miedo” (“Danger doesn’t exist, only fear exists” in Spanish), were the only words I kept telling myself, a feeble attempt to try and calm my nerves. I had already had a rough day and the last thing I wanted was 100 sketchy characters, some with guns and other weapons, staring at me.