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which country do you avoid?
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there are countries which are really famous for travelers. which is one country you will never travel?
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I guess somewhere like Mexico? Has never really appealed, but I'd still go... the places where I've felt most uncomfortable and un-wanted were Doha (Qatar) and Abu Dhabi (UAE) and that was only in the airports, so I'll say the Middle East. I'd still love to travel around there though.
It's not being intolerant, it's mainly for two reasons:
1)If I disagree with something (example: women have to wear headscarves) and I went somewhere that it's a necessity, it would feel like I'm endorsing these laws by giving them tourism.
2)In the same way that I expect visitors/immigrants from other countries to uphold the laws of mine when they get here, I couldn't justify going there and not doing the same with theirs.
Some of them are amazing.
I would avoid Kenya/Tanzania now but that's because I've been there *so* many times.
Idk poor quality, most people when traveling want to go to nice/modern places
*most people* i do know of some people who like to visit different cultures etc and they would be included - just not my style though.
haha.
mexico is okay with me.... just not tijuana specifically
Why?! They are beautiful countys! I've been to Russia and some of the Baltic/Ex-Soviet states a few times and they are stunning!.. It's nothing like what people expect it to be. People don't line up for bread and stuff you know. :razz:
I don't think there is anywhere i wouldn't want to visit, i'd happily go to afghanistan/iran/iraq just to experience it.
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*shrug* each to their own.
My idea of a holiday is to go relax, thus being usually by a pool, not site seeing or whatever people usually do in the countries im on about.
I don't imagine people do line up for bread. I just have no interest in those countries, language or culture. I also don't like being cold.
Where I lived in Russia gets up to 35 / 40 degrees celcius in the summer. That hot enough for you?
Russia has some gorgeous beaches, especially around the Black Sea where I was. Lake Baikal in Siberia is also meant to be especially beautiful in the summer.
I don't like cold winters. Regardless of whether it's hot in summer.
Where you live? Odessa? It's beautiful down there!
Yeah I hate UK winters, they are so long and miserable. My life and general mood has improved so much now I live in a country with a decent climate. This summer seems to have lasted forever.
Same here. the people as well are cold during this season
What about autumn??
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Different strokes for different folks mate.
I personally like to do a bit of both, I do agree that holidays should have some element of relaxtion...could be by a pool, could be a beach or even in the countryside somewhere beautiful if the country isn't a hot one. But I also enjoy sight seeing, experiencing different culture's, trying the local food and taking in the scenery of the place. I'd feel a bit cheated if I spent shit loads of money on a holiday to somewhere amazing, only to spend the whole 2 weeks by the swimming pool of my all inclusive hotel, which may aswell be in England but with warmer weather.
Ideally, a holiday for me would incorporate all of the above...aswell as excessive drinking and going out.
But it depends on the type of holiday too. Obviously what I'm looking for in a holiday would be different if I was going on a lads holiday to Ibiza for 2 weeks, than if I was spending 4 months travelling Eastern Europe and Russia with people I meet along the way. But I'd thoroughly enjoy both.
places i would avoid - east london, essex, bornemouth, northern france, southern spain (and yes my mother does live there, and no thats not the reason i avoid it), congo, ivory coast, algeria, somalia, saudi arabia, yemen, oman, pakistan, china, indonesia (with the exception of bali), papua new guinee, brasil...
mainly on human rights grounds for most of them...