Title – Gaol
Date – August 2003
Location - Ile Sainte Marie - Madagascar
Worst case scenario, you get yourself in trouble (for any number of reasons) and find yourself locked up. What do you do?
You don’t have to be an international drug dealer to find yourself falling foal of the law, there are any number of reasons why you might end up behind bars, as far away from home as you have ever been. It may simply be that you were taking part in an act that is perfectly normal in your home country.
Recently the Malaysian parliament was discussing a new law to make it illegal to kiss in public. With sentences threatened of up to a year in gaol for anyone convicted, this innocuous activity could really land you in hot water. No doubt the Malaysians will be reasonably lenient with westerners, but it can still be the most frightening experience of your life.
The Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop run by Beyond The Blue, looks at what to do if you find yourself caught up in a nightmare like this. More importantly we also examine ways of avoiding it in the first place.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Date – August 2003
Location - Ile Sainte Marie - Madagascar
Worst case scenario, you get yourself in trouble (for any number of reasons) and find yourself locked up. What do you do?
You don’t have to be an international drug dealer to find yourself falling foal of the law, there are any number of reasons why you might end up behind bars, as far away from home as you have ever been. It may simply be that you were taking part in an act that is perfectly normal in your home country.
Recently the Malaysian parliament was discussing a new law to make it illegal to kiss in public. With sentences threatened of up to a year in gaol for anyone convicted, this innocuous activity could really land you in hot water. No doubt the Malaysians will be reasonably lenient with westerners, but it can still be the most frightening experience of your life.
The Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop run by Beyond The Blue, looks at what to do if you find yourself caught up in a nightmare like this. More importantly we also examine ways of avoiding it in the first place.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
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