Yep there and we got based out of LBS Seitz and mortored all the time. Oh the stupidity of GW Administration. Good old days to now.
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What's the worst country you've ever spent any significant amount of time in?
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Dominican Republic. The resort was a great time, but I know away from there it wasn't so wonderful.
From a different perspective I'd say England or Scotland (side note:that Glasgow accent is crazy)- not because they're crap countries at all, I just am not a fan of so much rain and cloudy weather.
From a different perspective I'd say England or Scotland (side note:that Glasgow accent is crazy)- not because they're crap countries at all, I just am not a fan of so much rain and cloudy weather.
Interesting topic. I'd have to say (no humble brag) out of about 60 countries....I'd go with India. Finally went this time last year and visited Varanasi. One of the most interesting places I've ever been and pretty much spent 4 straight days watching body after body being cremated on the banks of the Ganges River. Very holy place.....but holy crap....was I ready to get back to Bangkok. One visit to India is pretty much all you need.
Oddly enough, I was constipated the whole time I was there and was dining at neighborhood places with the locals. Then, right after checking out of the hotel, got the worst case of the liquid squirts you could possibly imagine from the hotel....to the 30-minute taxi ride to the airport....immigration and security check in....and the entire flight. I think I'm permanently banned from any future Air India flights. Horrible day.
Oddly enough, I was constipated the whole time I was there and was dining at neighborhood places with the locals. Then, right after checking out of the hotel, got the worst case of the liquid squirts you could possibly imagine from the hotel....to the 30-minute taxi ride to the airport....immigration and security check in....and the entire flight. I think I'm permanently banned from any future Air India flights. Horrible day.
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Been blessed to have only traveled for fun in my life. Thanks to all those saying Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, et. al. who had to do it for work!
My answer is Nassau, Bahamas though. Been on quite a few short cruises and they always stop there. Total dump. Nothing worth seeing. We stopped getting off the boat on later visits and just found stuff to do on board.
My answer is Nassau, Bahamas though. Been on quite a few short cruises and they always stop there. Total dump. Nothing worth seeing. We stopped getting off the boat on later visits and just found stuff to do on board.
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I've been there three times and it's gotten worse each time we've been there. We won't be going back either which is very dissapointing because we loved it there. It says something when you've gotten familiar with the island and you still think it's too sketchy to go back.
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Eleuthera or as the locals call it Elootra. Vacationed there for a week. Rented a house and a car. Parts of it were magnificent. But the poverty... no paint on 99% of the roads. Most roads are barely 2 lanes and the speed with which the locals drive coming at you from the other direction is terrifying. Then there were the “grocery stores.” Second world (not going to say they were 3rd world wet markets), expensive as hell (I don’t know how the locals can afford groceries) and the inability to purchase familiar foods. We wanted to grill burgers one night and the best we could find was a box of frozen. I don’t know what the hell was in them but it wasn’t beef and it was gross as hell.
We love Eleuthera because of how primitive it is but the meat in the (north store) by the airport and Spanish Wells did not look good .. We brought our meat in a carry on cooler the second time we went there and then we bought the rest of our food on the island. The store on the south side of the island by Rock Sound has good meat but it's an hour and a half drive from the north airport.
where I think you were. The meat in that north store did not look edible lol. And the driving there is white knuckle at night because of the huge potholes and no street lights.
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We loved it too mostly. We actually stayed toward the middle of the island by Governor’s Harbour. We made the trek to store in the south and it was the closest thing to what I would call a grocery store. We did hire a chef to come and make us a meal one night and that was incredible. I want to say it was snapper. Overall an adventure. I might do it again but we would freeze and pack our own meat...
We stayed in North Polmetto Point twice and loved the area.. It was about a ten minute drive to Governors Harbour where I fished every morning with crank baits off Cupids Cay.. The no see ums there are horrible though..
Varanasi is the most exotic place I ever been. We went to both the evening and morning ceremonies. No other place like it in the world imo.
The other eye opener was renting a car. There are like 10 dudes who own a fleet of jalopies. While you arrange it ahead of time they are just there at the airport, which by normal standards looks like a shack. You take it and they come to your house during the week to collect payment. It was a unique experience. We had a sweet 1990s Jeep Cherokee with original struts. I did appreciate it being an American car so I could see to be as far left as possible on the road when a car was coming at us...
I've been to Japan, Canada, Mexico, Belize and Honduras (the latter three as part of a cruise). Of those, I'd have to say Honduras. The port was nice and touristy, but the ride to the marina on the other side of the island was pretty sketchy.
I've got to ask, why would you say this? I can't speak for WSC; but there are some people that just despise traveling. I've been to Canada on a fishing trip and a quick trip to Mexico when visiting my father in south Texas; but I have zero desire to sit on a plane for multiple hours just to see another country.
Small world. We stayed in the same area on Double Bay Beach. If we went back we would definitely go fishing.
Seeing how he went in the mid 90s right after the Bosnian War, I could see how it wouldn't be great. Odd choice for a vacation at that time.
India, for sure. I always say that anybody who thinks overpopulation isn't a problem, needs to spend a week in India. They'll come home and have their tubes snipped and start campaigning to have our borders closed. Jamaica and Mexico are pristine Edens compared with India.
That does say something about a person. It's not inherently completely bad, but it suggests a bit of ethnocentrism, at best. At worst, a superiority complex...or at least a lack of curiosity. None of those things are good.
Oh, I didn’t see when he was there. Yeah, I could see how anyone of the Balkan counties would have sucked back then
That's a nice beach you had.. We looked at vrbo houses on double bay the first time we looked at Eleuthera... Fishing right off of the beach using cut up fish chunks is all I did during the day and I caught a lot of different species of fish.. A 6 foot shark on a heavy duty travel rod was fun lol. Fishing with lures in the morning was productive for the most part also. You can't go wrong with a pole out while being on the beach.
I thought it was hilarious the amount of scratches that were on the cars we rented.. Did you go to any beaches besides Double Bay?.. The Lighthouse Beach imo is the best in the Bahamas.
I've never spent a significant amount of time in a bad country. Most I could say is France in 2000 and that's because Paris has a lot of homeless people. I'm not sure if it would be any worse than a major city of comparable size in the United States though because to be fair I've never really spent a great deal of time in a major city of comparable size in the US.
I think the largest city in the US I've ever spent a night is Indianapolis.
I think the largest city in the US I've ever spent a night is Indianapolis.
For others in this thread curious what this stuff looks like, this is where we flew in:
This is Burrow's, the grocery store near our rental:
On the flip side, this was our rental house:
Brazil, the level of poverty was overwhelming. Worked at several locations in the country. Example is Rio, we were told not to go more than two blocks from the beach due to crime. Copa or ipanema beaches. Only place in my international travel I was robbed. South Africa had some bad areas and it was pay back time for apartheid when I was there but not as much poverty.
The only beach we drove to was Ten Bay Beach, and my son and his cousins had fun jumping off the cliffs.
We also did a super fun "adventure tour" with Bubba /Fishbone tours. At the end of it he catches some conch and makes a fresh conch salad for a picnic. Hope he makes it through this covid/travel crisis...
https://www.facebook.com/FishboneTours/
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It was a nice beach and the house was super sweet. 11 of us from the family stayed in the house so splitting the cost made that possible. What was the real kick to the nuts was airfare for 4. We ALMOST recouped it when they bumped us on the flight home and had to cut us 4 checks for about 1,300 each.
We loved Jamaica but we were at Beaches Negril which is very nice. The day trip to Rick's Cafe was very cool and Chukka’s Good Hope Adventure Park and Falls where we tore through the old plantation on gators was amazing. I also came to love jerk chicken. The poverty on the way to the destinations was eye opening and depressing though.
I can't speak for the West part of the island towards Negril .. Where we've been is trending down which is between Montego Bay and Runaway Bay.
If I did go back I'd try the Negril area .. The areas we've been too ( between Mo Bay and Runaway Bay) seem sketchy now compared our first trip there. The island is awesome so I'd like to maybe try it one more time in Negril.
I should say its a big Island so other parts we haven't been to might be better than what I'm talking about... I guess online reviews might tell how certain areas are.
The island is big enough and a big enough pussy that I would only do a resort in Jamaica. I can't speak for Montego Bay or Runaway Bay as my only contact with Montego was the airport. The towns you drive through on the way to Negril are depressing. But Negril, once you get on the beach with the resorts, WOW. Just be prepared for the guy with the sock hat walking up and down the beach trying to sell you weed every 10 minutes.
