How does safety in South America against Southeast Asia?

I'm planning a month long visit to South America in the later part of the year. The trip will be my first time visiting South America, which will include some major cities like Rio, Buenos Aires and Santiago. I'm from Singapore, which means I'm probably the most sheltered person when it comes to watching out for personal safety.

I'm a fairly seasoned traveller, but most of my visits are in the 'safer' parts of the world like Europe, North America and East Asia. The only places I've been to that may be deemed as not so safe, would be Southeast Asia, even though having being to many countries there multiple times, I feel like the danger in Southeast Asia is definitely over exaggerated. In fact, some of my most favorite memories from my trips were in places like Hanoi and Bangkok.

So my question is, for people who have been to both South America and Southeast Asia, how do they compare, particularly in terms of overall safety for tourists?

Submitted April 27, 2023 at 06:24AM by Xycergy https://ift.tt/5w9vUCl