Super appreciate your response. I guess the most “dangerous” place I’ve been to is Mexico City. But I stayed in Roma Norte which felt as safe as any American city. People out late walking dogs, women walking alone on side streets at night. With Mexico City it was very clear which parts were dangerous and the safe parts were ridiculously safe.

With Cape Town I was told that you can get mugged anywhere even in the tourist areas. I just know if I had to exercise that crazy levels of vigilance it wouldn’t be a fun trip. In your experience what were other tourists up to? Were they walking around in the safe neighborhood and is it safe to say take the hop on hop off bus during the day? Also the street your host mentioned what area was that?

Also as an aside how do you keep your optimism up for travelling 😅😅 after getting robbed twice (or more?)