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'Danger tourist' who visits the world’s most dangerous countries details ‘close call’ after spending seven hours at gunpoint

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Published 15:31 29 Aug 2024 GMT+1

'Danger tourist' who visits the world’s most dangerous countries details ‘close call’ after spending seven hours at gunpoint

The UK government avised against the danger tourist even visiting the country

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: News, Travel, World News

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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A 'danger tourist' who regularly visits the world’s most volatile countries found himself tied up with a gun pointed in his face in a terrifying situation after visiting a certain country.

While most people tend to live relatively safe existences, some travelers visit some of the most dangerous nations in the world... intentionally.

Certainly couldn't be me, but each to their own, I guess.

Daniel Pinto is one such person though, and the British ‘danger tourist’ - who is determined to visit all the places most tourists never see - broke down the details of one close call he had not long after entering a country.

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Daniel Pinto is a 'danger tourist' and enjoys travelling to places many others wouldn't usually opt to visit (SWNS)
Daniel Pinto is a 'danger tourist' and enjoys travelling to places many others wouldn't usually opt to visit (SWNS)

The nation is considered so dangerous that the UK Foreign Office advises its citizens against all travel to the country.

And Pinto's trip here saw him essentially caught in limbo for seven hours.

On May 29 of this year, Pinto headed to Libya and intended to spend 21 days travelling around the country as he considered it a ‘mysterious’ place he wanted to explore.

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While hitchhiking, Pinto was able to interact with locals and eat lots of great food - however, he has admitted to be unnerved by one close call and I definitely don't blame him.

Pinto went from hitchhiking around Libya to being held at gunpoint (SWNS)
Pinto went from hitchhiking around Libya to being held at gunpoint (SWNS)

He said: “I have been pretty lucky, I don’t know if that is because i am tall and have tattoos. “The worst situation I have been is in Libya, I was hitchhiking.

“Libya is very new to tourists, we got to a checkpoint and we were detained for seven hours. We were handcuffed and had a gun to our face. That was worrying, being handcuffed to the wall by a militia group is scary.”

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Yeah, that really would be putting it mildly. More like terrifying, more like I might need a bit of therapy after that daunting experience.

Pinto had traveled from Tunisia and ventured into Libya not long after the country had just opened up a new E-visa system earlier that year in March.

This E-visa allowed travelers to enter the country for a specific period for tourism or business purposes.

Authorities at a Libyan checkpoint detained Pinto to verify his visa (Getty Stock Image)
Authorities at a Libyan checkpoint detained Pinto to verify his visa (Getty Stock Image)

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Pinto has explained getting one isn’t as straight-forward as simply filling in a form, however.

Appling without a sponsor saw the traveler fail to get it approved after a few weeks. Trying again with a sponsor, it was approved in two working days.

While he was being held, in what can only be described as a terrifying experience, authorities had to call around and verify his visa.

After eventually being stamped through, Pinto said he was able to explore the country and actually loved the architecture. He was particularly impressed by the blending of Islamic and random Roman artefacts.

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Well... that is one good takeaway from the whole experience, I suppose.

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