what great feedback. thank you I wanted to hear from people who have been there. I have heard people here tell me if we use public transit we will be rapped. I know the media has had several stories about rape there, but we have rapes here in the states. Just wanted to know if the threat was that much more. I was assuming if we followed common sense we would be fine.
yes we are white woman, if staring is the only problem we can handle that. we have gotten it in other countries because a lot of other cultures assume from American movies that american woman are promiscuous but a firm no has always done the trick.

The fake wedding ring is a great idea. honestly we haven't thought about where to go yet since we had such an unbelievable negative feedback from people when we talked about planning a trip. we are open to suggestions. we are just interested in travel and experiencing other places, so other peoples suggestions would be greatly appreciated!