Around 11 things that you need to look out for when in quenka and is quenka dangerous Okay, so compared to other cities that I've been to like ayakil kito I was there quenta is safe. I'm not saying it's 100% yes There's things that you guys need to watch out for which I'm going to go through in today's video So it's important that you know these things But I would say it is a lot more peaceful compared to these other cities and just like everywhere that you travel to I do feel that it is important to try to learn a little bit of the language because being integrated in a community Where you can speak to other people where people know you it just kind of increases chances of more safety When you have friends that live in that town, you know, they can warn you example in put the morelos My friend was like yo man and the police just told everyone in the street not to come out because there's a guy with the gun So don't come to this street It's good to be integrated and you know connected with people within that city So number one is high altitude It's something that might be severe for people and for others. It's not for example for me It was quite difficult working out in the gym. I almost passed out once working out really hard in the gym I do crazy sets and stuff like that So one day I was just working out and I almost passed out. I was like okay I need to sit I need to sit there is so thin up in quenka and you could like jog a little bit up the stairs and you'd be like Oh My god, that was a hard workout. Okay number two Obviously being high in the mountains. You are close to UV lights from the sun So you can get sunburn like for example I was in Mexico playing to calm in for four years no three or two years and I got a lot like a very dark over there Right so when I went to quenka, I was like oh my god I got darker. I didn't lose any of my skin color and I was like this is real interesting I was like dark because we're high in the mountains close to the UV lights and Some people get bad sunburn so it is really smart to wear some suncream Protect yourself try to get suncream that doesn't have harmful chemicals in there Number three is the pollution in the center of the city But it's not that bad compared to a lot of other cities are been to what I really like about quenka is that they have made Improvements to avoid being a air polluted city like the trends that run through the town I believe they swapped out some engine in the buses to have a less polluted gas You can let me know in the comment section below. I don't know too much about that But that doesn't mean that in the town It still doesn't get polluted due to all the small narrow streets and the buses and stuff like that So I would be careful in those areas as well You can always carry one of those PM2.5 it's basically is able to pick up the Polluted in a certain area that you know then okay, I better wear a good mask to protect myself and protect my lungs Next one is dogs now Quaker kind of reminds me of Chiang Mai in the sense that there's a lot of dogs everywhere But some dogs are not so nice and not so friendly so you want to be careful I have this caught on video when I was walking up the street to the market and I feel like my confidence got me a bit safer But never turn your back on a dog because as soon as I turn my like on the side the dog didn't bite me but it bit My jacket personally. I feel like it was trying to give me a warning But if I was facing the dog confidently I can tell you the dog would have not attacked me I'm not saying do this maybe take this with a grain of salt But I know for me sharing no fee ready to fight another dog dogs tend not to mess with me and less their dogs with rabies I have been chased by one like that and maybe I'll share that in another video What's your security Okay, so let's talk about crimes okay, so crime rates have increased of course just like everywhere else after the pandemic That has increased in Quenka like I've heard stories of a woman getting robbed in her own house By someone that I don't know if it was the garden man or something handyman around the house came back and Robter and her family which is really sad I believe the police caught him eventually So I do hear really good stories about crime getting sorted out there This is something that isn't happening every day to every single person It's kind of like a rare incident another incident for example I heard a man who was on a dating app he put a picture of someone who used dragon breath on him He had a picture of that person that he went out on a date with that is very very rare I never heard I've never heard anything like that before until that one time I saw the dating app and that person had a picture on that person saying Hey, everyone watch out etc So I feel like that is a very rare case what most likely could happen to you is Pick pocket in okay, so you can get pick pocketed in Quenka my voice always have a backpack that you can put in front of you Never have anything on the back of you always have it in front the man chess bags are really good as well Or even the small ones that you get from you can use for gyms and you can put it within your shirt So it's hidden out of sight as well as that if I was you if you want to be extra safe You can put like your important things in your briefs If you're a woman in your cleavage, I don't know if you want to go to buy something Yeah, let me get some cash out You know something might have likeness so maybe do it secretly Pull it out, but you want to be you know if you want to be extra safe You can do that because there have been people for example who have been robbed by gunpoint and usually this will happen During night hours what's gonna happen is that they are going to pat you down They're going to look for whatever you have on you valuables jewelry rings anything that they can sell They're probably going to share if you have like expensive shirt They're probably going to take that too so when you do go out to Ecuador Try to avoid looking like a sore thumb where everyone's gonna recognize expensive jewelry chains stuff like that Keep that all inside Locked away in a secure place as well as that be wary when people approach you and ask for weird things Because sometimes people operate in twos and you have someone behind you looking into your bag And like I said, that's why you always have it in the front of you never behind because there are people that will try to distract you to take your money from behind The next thing is you want to rent homes with really good security Okay, so if you're gonna go to Cuenca and you're gonna rent somewhere Final place that has good security for example bars on the windows Maybe a big gate with the little electricity team if you're gonna get a house and Never leave the door garage door front gate at night just never do that Always close it always keep it locked you may never know what type of situation is going to happen When you're away for like one minute and someone sneaks into your property and boom has a gun and then robs your whole house Now let's talk about places you should be careful about in Cuenca at night And these are the two places that I know about but there's probably more you can fill me in the comments if you're an expert Being there for longer than me, but the bus stop and Ferreira Lebra Marketplace. It's like the biggest market place in Alaska, Melakas Street. It's like really big Those places you want to be careful I hear a lot of stories about pickpocketing there and I hear my friends telling me to never go there at night I did go there at night just to see if it was dangerous Nothing happens to me the next thing you need to worry about in Cuenca is ATM's always use ATMs at a bank or A shopping mall they are much more safer because these ATMs that are not inside a bank outside of the street I completely avoid those because because they's ATMs could easily be played with now the club scene because a lot of you guys Who are probably watching me do love going out clubbing etc now? I've been out clubbing in Ecuador and I can't say that anything dangerous has happened to me I've always that's alive and majority of the time I've always stayed in crowded places where there's a lot of people I don't go down dark alleys by myself or anything like that. There has been some streets. I walked down by myself And one day I met this friendly older gentleman who was talking to me I think he was trying to rob these cakes, but overall in Cuenca Ecuador I personally feel very safe there I don't feel like I'm at risk or danger Obviously I am aware of these things that happen and I do what I need to do to protect myself The chances of something really bad happening to you is Red, you know, I'm not saying it can't happen But I'm just saying that it's rare But hey, let me know in the comment section below if you ever been to Cuenca before and ever felt unsafe there If you ever been robbed or anything like that Let me know all in the comments section below Thank you so much guys for watching smash that like button make sure to subscribe because I will be uploading more and I'll see you guys in another video Peace