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Naples, once you leave the main streets.
well, Kowloon in particular.
Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Shitty, USA.
Port Authority? You must have been there YEARS ago. I was
there probably at its peak of seediness a while back -- and
I was just there about a year ago and it was like a
different place: new stores, fewer vagrants, and very, very
clean.
For dirty and way scummy, try Tijuana. I camped out with
some friends on Rosarito beach and I swear I ended up with
some kind of UTI after taking a shower in the beach showers.
Cairo -- near the cemetary where families of the dead live
inside -- isn't the cleanest of places either.
Jalan Jaksa Backpackers in particular
Prague .. despite the raves about this place .. out of the
old town there was human shit in the doorways to some homes
.. it was really disgusting .. we walked into teh hostel and
were shown to our dorm .. only to find a group of guys
shooting up in the corner .. we left pretty fast ... anyone
else been disapointed by Praha?
A highly overpriced, touristy, smelly rip off - far past its prime.
The only place I've ever been to that I would simply refuse
to re-visit. Its not so much that its dirty. Its dangerous.
At least one murder a day while I was there, in a city of
only 500,000. Plus shitty weather, no decent bars, the
ugliest population in the world (probably to do with the
nuclear experiments performed nearby) and plenty of vagrants
who all look like psycopaths. And thats just the good
points.
I must defend the Southern City of the Dead. I was there
last month and it was pretty neat and tidy ( by Cairo
standards). At least Cairo is safe - if you don't breath,
eat or try to cross the road. Actually there is very little
traffic in the Cities of the Dead and I get the impression
that the authorities have moved a lot of people out of the
tombs.
We were there this time last year - we ate tinned food in
our room so we didn't have to go out. BUT the medina was
amazing.
rotten spanish island, as much fun as a dose of herpes....rotten shit hole......grrrr, christ im angry just thinking about it, may as well have thrown the air fare down the toilet. all round bunch of arse....istanbul, close second, Mr, Mr, shoe shine? shoe shine? NO FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!urrgh, hell on earth.............still, nice if you like your shoes REALLY clean or want to eat the equivalent to human faeces all weekend.
in Bangkok. Especially in monsoon season, when the
backpackers still insist on wading out to guesthouses that
have been flooded.
Not a woman- or minority-friendly place, cheap sleeps look
like halfway houses
Split, Croatia. You want dirt, spit, garbage, men peeing on
the streets, filthy grown men harrassing you, then go there.
(Yeah, yeah, I know about the old Roman "ruins". Not worth
it).
Arrive there at ten in the evening on a friday and find out
that the friend you were supposed to meet gave you an
address at the other side of England. No, Taunton is not a
suburb of Leeds... All hostels fully booked because of
Football. Especially Beston is not a nice place. I felt more
save in fx. Lima...
Puerto Viejo Ecuador, Calcutta India although I loved both those countries, those two cities were the worst. Oh By the way, I really like Khao San Road, Naples and Prague unlike some of the entries above.
Loei in Thailand is quite horrible too.
I thought that Algeciras, Spain, with its drug dealers and
one-eyed pirate-looking "just having a drink after stabbing
a guy to death in the back alley" characters near the port
was bad until I took the ferry across to Tangiers in
Morocco. Istanbul is amusingly friendly after seeing these
human vultures...
Oh, and the back streets of Marseille, France are pretty
vile. The only place where I've ever been propositioned by a
50 year-old MALE hooker... (shiver)
But I've not done South America or Asia yet, so I know the
worst is yet to come.
absolute shithole
though I'd go with some previous posters - Tangier is pretty
grim ( I couldn't make it two doors down the road from my
hotel without being hassled, literally ) and I thought Cairo
was pretty grim. The choice of Leeds is interesting, and
understandable, though in my view incorrect, as there are
far worse places than Leeds itself within half an hours
drive. Birmingham merits a mention in many people's eyes. My
own pick is either Belgrade or Rhyl ( in Wales for those
fortunate enough to never have heard of it or been there ).
I'll second Birmingham - a city seemingly designed on the principle that a scale model of the centre looked OK from above, in the 1960s. Obviously no thought was given to the possibility that human beings might want to go there. But hey, this is going to turn into a rant about user-unfriendly architecture...
Oh yes, Port Talbot in South Wales is quite grim as well.
in Santa Monica, L.A.
Terrified for my life by maniac in the bunkbed above me!
Buffalo is an armpit, Kracow is a dung pile (or was in the
80's), Sault St Marie (Canada) is a little better. Both
Marseille and Birmingham are worth a mention. Oporto is dog
rough.
although we are talking europe this place has gotta rtae a
mention, the year I was there they had 10000 convictions in
the local court, which is funny for a population of less
than 1000.....
Negril must be one of the worst,altough Montego bay is
crappy as well.
WHAT ABOUT ATHEN'S AIRPORT? EVER SPENT A NIGHT THERE? LACKING EVEN THE LOO!
Jalan Jaksa backpackers is the grossest place I've ever seen, an absolute guarantee of getting sick in about 10 minutes just breathing.
Romania at the Black Sea.
Hey, jalan jaksa for me too, time we were there, about two
years ago now, it was beautified by men digging up the
sewers in the street right outside the front door and we
had to jump over the holes in the ground to even get into
the hostel... and i got bitten by bed bugs, the only time
in my year travelling.. AVOID !!
Brindisi was pretty dodgy .. just a whole heap people
wanting to get to other places .. gross pizza, dirty streets
and dodgy looking travel arrangments to get to Greece .. as
in bye your ticket on the way down to jump on the ferry ..
Scarborough in UK, Yorkshire. This is one dive of a town ..
don't bother going here .. there are too many other nicer
places all around here such as York, Whitby, Robins Hood
Bay, Harrogate, the Dales ect! Mind you Bridlington, and
Hull rate pretty close to Scarbs also!
I'm gonna have to say, although I was smiling the whole
time, that Sofia, Bulgaria is THE most terrifying place
I've seen (yet). Maybe because of the fact that I was the
tallest person there and hadn't slept in days and was stood
up by a friend who lives there and had to wander the
streets for two days until the initial robbery and
subsequent escape via train to Kazanlak (a fine turd-
nest). After dark is a bad time to be in Bulgaria...yikes.
Second would have to be the bookstore where I worked up
until a month ago here in North Carolina...robbed thrice,
stabbed twice and had the old throat slit execution style
before finally getting a new job. Can you say therapy?!?
Happy Holidays everyone!
Jay
not a place to visit--a wasteland where the only redeeming
feature is the airport (very sleepable couches).
absolutely nothing is there. and it's dirty nothing.
Antananarivo, Madagascar -- frightening and disgusting and
depressing. The rest of the country was great.
And regarding the above dis on the Black Sea -- the Eastern
end of the Turkish Black Sea coast is one of the greatest
places on eart
I had to stay some nights in Jalan Jaksa - forget it!
And Jamaica? Uaaah! overpriced, very aggressive people,
bagging all time - forget it as well!
place was fine -it was the seedbag men that concerned me
I admit I haven't traveled much outside of the US due to a
lack of funds but I would have to say I agree with the
asessment of Newark, New Jersey. Most of the state is the
same. Newark, Delaware is pretty bad too. Large eastern US
cities are pretty noxious. At least when you leave Tijuana,
you're back in a better place. Most of Baltimore sucks,
except for a one block radius around the Inner Harbor and
the new ballparks and little Italy (such good food). Tulsa,
Oklahoma; Tucumcari, Arizona; and Taneytown, Maryland sre
some of the worst palces I've been. don't bother having
them on your itinerary. Ack!- confession of a Baltimore
native.
If the devil thrives anywhere, it is in Amsterdam on New
Years eve or New Orleans on Mardi Gras
nothing beats the 'houbourside backpacker' in sydney
cremorne. was too filthy for cockroaches even. i wonder if
this place still exists (been there 3 years ago). does
anyone know about it?
sorry for that, here we go again:
nothing beats the 'harbourside backpacker' in sydney
cremorne. was too filthy for cockroaches even. i wonder if
this place still exists (been there 3 years ago). does
anyone know about it?
I feared for my life after having taken the wrong exit off
of a major hightway and ended up in the heart of Trenton,
New Jersey, USA. It's a mean, gritty, "get me outta here
alive and I'll call my mom and tell her I love her" kind of
place. Avoid it at all costs.
We ended up in dread Trenton, New Jersey. I feared for my
life. It's a gritty, nasty, "get me outta here alive and
I'll call my mom and tell her I love her" kind of place.
Bottom line: avoid at all costs.
Hotel Gungor in Istanbul, Turkey--we called it Hotel Grungy. I think the only thing holding it together was the dirt and the little line that had a three watt light bulb
hanging from it.
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Oh, yeah, there was also this seedy, grotty place on the Nepalese/Indian Border, coming from Katmandu-Calcutta. The place was a dive, all sorts of stains on the wall (I don't what they were) and the people working and staying there were definitely sus. I didn't sleep a wink all night -- held on to the hardest and heaviest thing I had to use as a weapon just in case.
Most boring: Kuwait. Don't ever go there, there is
absolutely NOTHING to see and Kuwaitis are a bunch of racist
religious hypocrites.
Filthiest: Cairo and Istanbul. Both are absolutely gross.
In istanbul we saw a man slaughter and prepare a lamb in the
middle of the street.
Worst Overall: Midwestern USA. Having gone to school for
2.5 years in central Illinois, I can say it is the most
dreary, depressing place on earth. The US east coast isn't
much better either.
This is lovely.
Santa Monica backpackers - I was woken up by someone
screaming "yes I know he's got a gun" outside my room only
to see a troop of flies circling next to my head as I lay
in my dodgy-double-bunk-bed in a room with 9 scary
permanent residents.
Most disgusting place ever - some hostel in Jerantut
(compulsory stopover if you want to get to Taman Negara in
Malaysia the cheap way) with piss-and-vomit-soaked
matresses in a room 2inches wider than the three beds that
were crammed into it.
Without doubt,
Anywhere, USA
frankfurt, germany, near the main rail station. the
streets in the area are mildly creepy, but many people
hanging around and/or operating businesses are high-
pressure assholes. bar operators wouldn't leave my girl
friend alone, despite our protests. had to bolt when they
started to surround us. sharkfurt sucks.
Khoa San Rd , had stayed at this place before. This time
given ground floor with own bathroom. Woke up in middle
of night with something biting me on my chest - hubby turns
on light and I had 3 cockroaches on me - actually biting!
No sleep that night. (Moral to story-never accept ground
floor room.and get room without bathroom.
Everyone is so damned religious. They won't even let you
screw their daughters.
...where I died a thousand deaths of boredom although
Athens airport, I agree somes in a close second for the pure
depression that they inflict.
Actually, has anyone ever been stuck in Bombay aiport for 4
days on a standby ticket. It's not dodgy, just infuriating
and boredom inducing. If I had some acid, I would have
taken it and I don't generally do drugs.
No where have I been more scared than taking a night train
out of Pisa - and the tower is really not worth the trip
The worst spot I ever came across in my travels was the
trash-heap section of the medina in Fez; dying dogs, severed
goats' heads, unbelievably bad hash, and death threats in
both official languages (accompanied by a few well-thrown
stones) from a gang of fundamentalist teenagers. DO NOT GO
INTO THE MEDINA AT NIGHT. Made Tangiers look like
Switzerland.
Anywhere you have to sleep within the smell of shit or deal
with bugs in your bed. Everything else is just attitude.
L.A. can burn in hell for all I care. And New Jersey smells.
I've gotta add another vote for Tangier. How many times can
you be harassed, grabbed, yelled at, and solicited before
you finally throw up your arms and leave? At my count,
about 250. Fez sounds lovely, though, from the posting
above...
Hmmm, my grandmother lives in Helwan, a "suburb" of Cairo
(now Cairo is so big that it's eaten up its suburbs). Helwan
used to be one of the nicest places in Egypt, or so I am
told, but now it's just hell. Yeah, you think the tombs in
Cairo are bad? At least the people that live there take care
of them. But Helwan, if it weren't for my grandmother, I'd
never go there.
On a similar note, nobody seems to have mentioned London.
London sucks ass. Ok, yeah, Tower of London, changing of the
guard, woo-yah...Bullocks. Just walk around near midnight
ANYWHERE in central London (and any day) and within five
minutes you will see at least one person lose their lunch
(or about a gallon of beer) onto the sidewalk and not even
stop to do it. They just keep walking. I've lived here for
about six months so far and I see it all the time. Even in
the underground (subway). You know how many times I saw
people getting off a train someplace and just throw up on
the platform? This stuff doesn't happen in very many
places. In fact, the first time in my life to ever see
someone throw up in public, in real life, was when I first
came to London. I was just walking home and this guy
walking next to me just opens his mouth and spews while
walking. Doesn't even say or do anything. Just
BLAAAAAAH...Splash...Yeah, ok, obviously people get drunk
everywhere, but they don't do it every night and walk around
leaving parts of their digestive systems on the pavement as
a matter of habit. I think London's PPPSM (puke puddles per
square mile) figure is somthing like 1,421. And while it's
quite amusing the first few times it happens, it gets sick
really fast. Yich.
But you know what they say...the weeds are always
less toxic on the other side of the barbed wire. Anyway,
sorry if I grossed anyone out.
I had a super time while I was at Mardi Gras but how glad
am I that we left before the last night. Things got
execessively worse the closer it approached. I got
completely molested, shot in the face with a bb gun while
in a parade, confronted with a knife when some guy
pickpocketed me on the bus - I think that's about it.
Hell on earth kids.NOTHING will ever beat the Strip on a
friday night at about midnight.The kids are NOT right in the
head.
Helwan and London Added by: haatem
..."Just walk around near midnight
ANYWHERE in central London (and any day) and within five
minutes you will see at least one person lose their lunch
(or about a gallon of beer) onto the sidewalk and not even
stop to do it. "...
So right. I saw a guy step outside a liquor store, throw up
on the sidewalk, then go right back into the store for more.
That sight overshadowed all the other good times I had in
London.
I'd say Piombino in otherwise lovely Tuscany....thank God Elba was a short boat ride away.
Elsewhere in the world...Marrakech and Morocco in general.
Personally I think Algeciras is the definition of dodgy (by
the way, my favorite aussie word). I'd rather live in
Tangier all my life than go back to Algeciras. That said,
Bucharest is a close second.
I have to agree with Haatem about drunk people in London
also, but I saw more people pissing on the streets than
puking.
Want a vision of Hell? Then go to Gara de Nord, bucuresti.
If train stations are a microcosm of the city they're in,
then this one says it all about Bucuresti: it's unbelievable
foul, stinky, seedy and revolting!!!
London, in a youth hotel called THE GENERATOR, it is a
former prison
We stayed in THE GENERATOR in London with class. It is a
former prison. The firealarm will surely wake you nat half
past five!
I've never been so uncomfortable walking at night in a
foreign city even with my husband and another couple.
Scroungy, drugged out vacant-eyed people wandering around,
the nasty red light district with the women in the windows,
smelly canals, dirty needles lying around in the park, the
crime....yuk. I hated it there.
Okay, so we took a driving trip across the U.S. Five weeks
to get from the Pacific N.W. to the northern east coast.
List o'Scary Places:
This isn't really scary, but stupid: we arrived in Utah in
August. Visit Utah during the winter. Arrived in Salt Lake
City at noon and had to hide out in a Denny's (for the air
conditioning), while watching our fresh raspberries LIQUIFY
in the van.
First really scary place was the entire state of Nevada
(especially Wells).
Then there's Glendo, Wyoming. Incredibly beautiful, but the
people eyeball you like they're searching for new blood.
You can just tell they don't get many visitors.
Next on the list-- unless you're white, Missouri's not much
fun. Lots of visible Ku Klux Klan stuff off the main roads.
The backwoods of Kentucky, up to the Appalachians. Kentucky
is possibly one of the most beautiful places on the planet,
but po'. Scary and po'. All the road signs have been used
for target practice and the people move slowly out on their
porches, guns at the ready, and stare while you drive by.
This was the only place in the whole country where we kept
our van doors locked the whole time we were there. Kentucky
is the road kill capital of the U.S. Expect to see
long-dead bloated cow carcasses on the roadsides.
Final scary place: Bangor, Maine. For all you Stephen King
fans-- we know where he gets his material from. Place has
an eerie feel to it. We just kept driving to the next town.
Okay, so we took a driving trip across the U.S. Five weeks
to get from the Pacific N.W. to the northern east coast.
List o'Scary Places:
This isn't really scary, but stupid: we arrived in Utah in
August. Visit Utah during the winter. Arrived in Salt Lake
City at noon and had to hide out in a Denny's (for the air
conditioning), while watching our fresh raspberries LIQUIFY
in the van.
First really scary place was the entire state of Nevada
(especially Wells).
Then there's Glendo, Wyoming. Incredibly beautiful, but the
people eyeball you like they're searching for new blood.
You can just tell they don't get many visitors.
Next on the list-- unless you're white, Missouri's not much
fun. Lots of visible Ku Klux Klan stuff off the main roads.
The backwoods of Kentucky, up to the Appalachians. Kentucky
is possibly one of the most beautiful places on the planet,
but po'. Scary and po'. All the road signs have been used
for target practice and the people move slowly out on their
porches, guns at the ready, and stare while you drive by.
This was the only place in the whole country where we kept
our van doors locked the whole time we were there. Kentucky
is the road kill capital of the U.S. Expect to see
long-dead bloated cow carcasses on the roadsides.
Final scary place: Bangor, Maine. For all you Stephen King
fans-- we know where he gets his material from. Place has
an eerie feel to it. We just kept driving to the next town.
Don't ruin your visit to Salzburg, Austria, by staying at
YOHO youth hostel. I was there only about six months ago
and it was one of the worst experiences of my world trip.
It's run by the most obnoxious, arrogant, ignorant
loud-mouthed Australians that I've ever come across in my
entire life, and I'm also Australian! I have never been so
ashamed of my fellow country people. In fact, my
experience at this pathetically run hostel had me so mad,
that I'd cringe every time I crossed an Australian during my
tour of Salzburg.
They were the most unfriendly, unhelpful, complete bunch of
scaggly wankers that I came across, and you'd think being
Australian and a fellow traveller that they would be more
helpful. They're scammers looking to rip-off anyone they
can for a measly buck.
Here's my story: On checking into the hostel we were
presented with two tokens. One for the showers and one for
the laundry. The shower token was around 20 sterling the
laundry token 50 sterling. To differentiate the difference
between the two tokens, one token had a hole in the middle.
Over the screaming music I asked the guy behind the counter
which token was which. "The one with the hole in it," he
said, "is the laundry token." So I guess the other token is
for the shower.
An hour later ... So into the showers I go and put the token
without the hole in it into the slot and presto! I have hot
water and proceed to take my shower.
Well that night the music blared 'till the wee hours of the
morning as a bus group of teens partied-up with the rest of
the drunken staff. I was the on the third floor and could
swear the music was coming from next door rather than three
floors down - it was that loud. Anyway, I decided that a
hostel full of Contiki teens was not to my liking and
decided to check out the next morning.
On check-out I handed over my laundry token as I did not get
the chance to use it - one washing machine for a hostel of
hundreds, what a joke.
As I handed over my token to receive my 50 sterling back the
dumb bitch behind the counter only handed me 20. "This is
the laundry token," I said. Well, you can only imagine what
happened next ... "This is the shower token," she answered.
"But I was told the token with the hole in the middle is the
laundry token."
"Well you're wrong."
"If I'm so wrong, how did the other token, supposedly the
laundry one, work in the shower."
Her informative reply: "I don't know, all I know is this is
the laundry token."
As this conversation took place, another staff member
overhearing this from the kitchen decided to come out and
give his two cents.
In a rude, smart-arssed voice: "On check-in wouldn't it have
been the smart thing to ask which was which."
Well derrrr. This guy obviously did not get that I had used
whatever fucking token in the shower, the laundry one
according the dumb bitch behind the counter, and it worked.
So obviously the token I just handed in had to work the
washing machine in the laundry, unless they both work no
matter where you put them, and this was just a total scam.
This guy obviously came from somebody's arsehole and prided
himself on being a complete wanker. He's certainly knows
how to make aussie men look pathetic.
Anyway, I'm sorry to say that I didn't get the 50 sterling
back, only 20. I was blatantly ripped-off. And as a budget
backpacker every penny counts. Talk about a scam.
But what goes around, comes around.
I'm just glad that there were witnesses to what happened,
inlcuding the lovely English couple we shared with. They
too were pretty shocked. Since then I've heard other
people's yarns regarding the YOHO hostel from hell.
Appararently it's staff have a bit of a bad rep. It's just
unfortunate we had to find out first hand.
But let this be a warning to all you potential Salzburg
visitors. It has got to be one of the most beautiful
plances in Europe to visit, so don't let YOHO ruin it for
you.
For the aussie staff of YOHO, don't ever come home.
London Hostels-----I'd rather sleep in my backyard toilet
Bari (Italy)--------Dangerous city,Rubbish everywhere,
degenerate youth, a crime ridden place. Got chased here!
Split (croatia) have to agree with lena (post # 15) for the
all the same reasons. It really stunk as well. Got nits
there too.
Milan Station.---Just Awful
Have to say Townsville, Australia, was like a mini-LA.
Found NY pretty scarey as well, my companion got threatened
with a knife by one of the millions of crack addicts on the
way to Penn Central St at 6am.
Further to the above, us Londoners like our beer, and where
else can you throw up if not on the street! I am not
ashamed to say I have thrown up on underground platforms
before... sorry but you're only young once!
Amsterdam is one of the worst for car theft, not so much
central Amsterdam, but the suburbs. We had our camper van
broken into in Amsterdam noord within one hour of us
arriving there.
The sun may shine but this is the dullest, most boring city in the world. Apart from the endless fast food joints and shopping malls which all look the same there is absolutely nothing to do!!!
The best view of the city is in your rear view mirror as you leave. DON'T GO THERE.
The sun may shine but this is the dullest, most boring city in the world. Apart from the endless fast food joints and shopping malls which all look the same there is absolutely nothing to do!!!
The best view of the city is in your rear view mirror as you leave. DON'T GO THERE.
1. Jakarta, Indonesia (I'm here right now for the second
time -- business, not pleasure -- and its probably the
least interesting and least appealing city I've ever had
the misfortune of visiting)
2. Tangier (constant hassle)
3. Alexandria, Egypt (dead dogs lining the roadside, the
smelliest, most foul beach I've ever seen)
4. Johore Bohru, Malaysia
Yep, try Chigago Gryhound bus station.....pretty
awfull...especially if you are white and female.....and
alone....
The "T"'s have it !!! My March, 99 visit to Tangier ties it
with Tijuana for 'port of entry scumhole' to it's country.
After the 'helpful' parking lot bandits extract their fee
out of you for the 'free' parking in the oft mentioned
Algiciras, no guide book can prepare you for the onslaught
of pickpocketing,double dealing,panhandling swine,just
outside the ferry terminal,they will follow you past the
dead dogs,the filth,and the sick,lame and lazy... Santo
Domingo,D.R. is another pathetic swill pit, the government
has done nothing to improve the infrastructure outside the
hotel area,and the locals,who are very friendly,are mainly
interested in baseball,merenge,and screwing,in no
particular order !!!!...what am I saying,thats a plus !!!
I have to agree MILAN STATION
Seats --- I could not really find anything to sit on while
waiting for 9 1/2hours. TRAIN STRIKE
Toilets --- the most FILTHYIEST I have ever seen in my life.
Coffee --- the worst I have every had to drink.
Milan I will never miss you.
If we are talking just about Europe, I will have to agree
with Split. Outside Europe- Jo'burg.
... three in the mornng kidnapped by a tuk-tuk driver
sucked pretty bad.....especially if you are alone, white ,
woman... And they won't take you from point A to B if you
don't stop in to their brothers rug shop on the way...
somehow the purpose of having cabs are all together
defeated!
Tehran in 1975 was weird. Street sellers sold chiclets,
flick knives and knuckledusters...
Least enjoyable country generally: Philippines, a god-
forsaken place.
Most hassle: Morocco gets the gong, but the Medinas were
the best and the food very good
Most unhygenic place: Nepal in 1975 - washing the plates in
the gutter outside the restaurant...
Cleanest country where everything worked and no hassle:
Japan!
Best country to retire to: Australia
Gross generalisation/sweeping statement, but, best people:
Kiwis (and I'm not one)
With no doubt, Sofia Airport!
Well put my vote in for Naples, what a hell hole!
Also never stay at Bob's hostel in Paris.
Genoa train station late at night is quite a shady place.
The Al Alamir hotel in Damascus, the owner will be your
nightmare, and don't forget the powder for the bed's
animals!
Hey dipshit, tucumcari is not actually in Arizona as you say
it is, it is in this whole other state called New Mexico,
arizona is 400 miles from tucomcari!
Idiot!
If you are white you will likely last about two hours in
colon. WHAT A SHITHOLE! There is nothing there but bars and
whorehouses, young good-looking Colombian girls kidnapped
and duped to work in the whorehouses, and drug addicts who
need your money to live one. take my advise, do not go
there! If you do, you are looking to die! Even the cops want
money to help you when you have been robbed!
Panama rules, Colon Panama suck ass all day!!!!
without a doubt!
Genoa, Pogggibonsi, Lyon suburbs, Mallow (in Ireland) and
UCD campus are about the dreariest places I can think of.
are India and Vietnam. Especially Varanasi (Benares)/India.
Very dirty.Streets are full of cow-shit, and that in the
rainy season, so the streets were covered in shit-paste!
The people are the worst in this world, even the doctors in
the hospital cheat, no-one can be trusted. Varanasi is a
holy place and many hippies go there, but I didn't take
drugs, so I didn't see holiness, just dirt and dirty people.
As for Vietnam: people are so nasty, and people actually
shit on the street in front of everyone, even in big cities
like Ho Tschi Minh City.
moscow! -special points for rudeness!
runner-up would have to be surabaya, indonesia-no.1 for
dirt!
didn't think hong kong was so hot either- almost as rude as
moscow.
special prize for the most boring and uninspiring place:
any middle-sized german town on a sunday afternoon!
Heres another vote, for Milano Station .. I was held at gun
point in the tourist infomation place .. so my view is
slighly tainted ... still, it was dodgy.
newport is hell
port talbort is a shit hole and merthyr tydfil !!!!
go to cardiff its beautiful
p.s don't ever go near bacup
Scarborough, Ontario isn't so great either.
Worst social climate I've experienced - people generally
bad-tempered, rude, and offensive.
Morocco has some beautiful sites but i was seriously frightened sometimes, like in tangiers,i know what you guys mean in those other posts--now imagine what that would be like if you were a white female, 17 years old, 5'3, 100 pounds! sometimes it was funny, men would offer me camels, marriage proposals, jewels. but sometimes it was menacing and scary, i was threatened and followed and in fez a guy grabbed me and tried to kiss me and i had to knee him in the nuts and run!