1st time abroad

[kittycatz]

my son is on his 1st holiday abroad in malia crete for 2 wks. he went with a few of his friends. 7 days into the holiday i had a phone call from him saying that he felt frightened and unsafe and that he is trying to get a flight back asap! he said that there was lots of violence and that there were gangs of locals deliberatly starting fights with the tourists and other nasty goings on there, i just calmy advised my son to stay in the complex and not wander out. would like any feedback from anyone who has had any similar experiences or has any info on this.

[toecrusher]

just had a word with my daughter who went to malia last year, also 1st holiday abroad with friends. she had a great time and found the locals to be very friendly. she said that if fights did break out they just kept well away as the police can become very violent.! she was actually planning to go back to work there this summer, but things didnt work out with friends, as they had all got themselves jobs, whilst she is waiting to go to uni. do hope your son can enjoy the rest of his hol, hope this 1st experience dosent put him off.

[cruella]

Hi kittycatz
Last year, my Husband had the same type of telephone call from his Son, (my stepson)
It was his first holiday abroad and we were not too happy that his Mum had allowed him to go.
Anyway, in the middle of the holiday, he called to say he wanted to come home. He was in Turkey at the time. he wanted my Husband to fly out and bring him back which we refused to do.
We gave him the same advice you gave your Son. Two days later the panic was over. He was having a great time. WE are sure he had drank too much the evening previous to that and he had also had too much sun.
Naturally all his friends had been a bit more sensible and felt okay so they had gone out and left him. It was a case of "Feeling sorry for himself" My Husband was prepared to fly out to brin him home but youngsters nowadays tend to winge at the least thing. If he was old enough to go there in the first place as he so rightly told us, then he was old enough to come home without our assistance. We gave him 24 hours to see if he had changed his mind and thankfully, he had.
He wanted to stay after that.