I'm a female solo traveler who has been all over the world… five destinations scared me enough to NEVER return

Daily Mail​

13-06-2025

A female solo traveler has revealed the shock destinations that scared her enough to never return.
Andrea Elliott, who goes by Andreaboldbodytravels on TikTok, shared five places to be cautious about.
'I've received a lot of death threats in the past for the list that I'm about to get into.
'But if you are a solo traveling woman like me, or if you plan on solo traveling somewhere this summer, I would watch this video in its entirety for the list of destinations that I will never travel to again as a solo traveling woman,' she began her video.
She then launched into her list - starting with Manila in the Philippines.
Andrea said she stayed in Bonifacio Global City and 'it was definitely not safe.'
'My hotel wouldn't even let me go to the ATM outside,' she explained.
'They told me to put more clothes on, not to wear a tank top because there were so many men outside and it just wasn't safe for me to walk alone.'
The traveler said she enjoyed the Philippines but 'Manila was not it.'
Next up, to great surprise from viewers, was Paris, France, as she explained: 'I was literally almost mugged twice while on the subway.'
'And mind you, there are police walking around with guns - like a lot of police and law enforcement walking around - but yet I was still nearly mugged while on the subway in Paris,' Andrea added.
'I was also cautioned about pickpockets and advised not to go out alone at night.'
Cartagena, Colombia, was the next destination that Andrea urged solo travelers to avoid.
'Overall, I really loved Cartagena, even though the men were pretty aggressive.
'The reason why Cartagena is on this list is because when I initially got there before I got into the walled city, I was taking a video from my taxi and stuck my arms slightly out of my taxi window.
'The cops then pulled up next to me in a scooter and told me to stick my arm back in - that it wasn't safe to have my cell phone out like that and just to be very cautious with my cell phone and my belongings.'
She continued: 'Not only that, but other locals also told me not to be out and about taking video and that it just wasn't safe for me to walk alone around, especially at night.'
Nearing the end of the list, Andrea issued a stark warning about Caye Caulker, Belize.
'I think Belize is so beautiful,' she began, 'Unfortunately, the men are very, very aggressive.'
'So much so that I had to pepper spray a man that was literally touching my person, touching me physically, just to get me to come into his restaurant,' she passionately explained.
'And y'all, this was multiple times. I had told this man after like passing by a couple of days, like, "No, I'm not interested. I'm not interested. No, thank you."
'And then finally he came up to me and was like touching me enough to where I had to pepper spray him and then he got the point.'
But the number one place Andrea will never go to again - and advises other female solo travelers against - is San Salvador, El Salvador.
'I was almost kidnapped by two men walking in San Salvador next to El Boqueron,' Andrea revealed.
'These weren't gang members, and this was after Bukeli had already cleaned up the streets.
'These were construction workers because they were in a flatbed truck and they had wired spool in the back of their truck.
'They pulled up next to me, of course, I was walking alone.
'Both of them grabbed me by my arms and were pulling me inside of their truck.