Ability to blend in with the locals, obviously this doesn't work in all places, but depending on your race, it can be done quite well.
I was talking with a couple of German guys yesterday who had both been robbed at knife point here in Bogota and they'd only been here for 2 weeks, I told them that I never had any problems in 2 months and they say "of course you didn't, you're short and have dark hair, we're tall with blond hair and blue eyes, we're walking targets".
I was talking with a couple of German guys yesterday who had both been robbed at knife point here in Bogota and they'd only been here for 2 weeks, I told them that I never had any problems in 2 months and they say "of course you didn't, you're short and have dark hair, we're tall with blond hair and blue eyes, we're walking targets".