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I wouldn’t let my DD at 17. 
[b]I might have unreasonable biases though because I’d probably let her do Western Europe[/quote]

Why don’t you just admit what it is?  It’s a racist bias.[/quote]

It's a developed economy bias, not a racial bias.  When stuff goes wrong in a Western European country, you sort of know what to expect and whether you can trust authority figures.  And maybe you might have studied a language you can use.  (I recently used my college French to report my cell phone being stolen in Paris.)

I'm a pretty conservative traveler but I've been in some uncomfortable situations.  I've been taken off the train at night in the Baltics to fill out visa paperwork in a trailer on a siding, stranded at night in Johor Bahru, Malaysia with no way to get back to Singapore except illegal taxis with sketchy drivers, had friends traveling in Russia and Ukraine taken to the police station for questioning and getting shaken down for bribes.  All of these situations resolved - some without any negativity at all, some with just loss of money.  But these were all examples of young people traveling perfectly legally and accompanied, on relatively normal trips, and they had some pretty scary moments. I would worry about young American kids being a "mark" and not knowing how to get out of incidents.  Plus backpacker life and hostels can be pretty grotty.  If I wouldn't hitchike and stay in low-cost hostels in the U.S., I don't see that it's particularly immersive or more authentic to do it another country.

How about one of these tours?

https://www.gadventures.com/search/?destinations=Vietnam[/quote]

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