Share your good and bad travel experiences (26)
AnneDeePretoria, Gauteng South Africa5 Threads 1 Polls 29 PostsMention the counrties you have ever travelled to and next to each write one good 
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Bali - Now I think as lot will not agree with me.. but I saw it as a shanty town for the locals with gorgeous resorts for the tourists... so many poor poor people all begging.. was alright, wont be going again.
Belgium - Brussels.. Just lovely, interesting, gorgeous. lacks public toilets and you have to pay to spend a penny.
Benidorm Spain- ugly city - but total fun time.
Barcelona Spain- gorgeous, interesting, fantastic
Italy Rome- interesting, fascinating
France - Love that place.. mysteriously lovely
United Kingdom - Love it... interesting, historical
Scotland - too gorgeous for words..
Austria - too beautiful
Belgium - Brussels.. Just lovely, interesting, gorgeous.
lacks public toilets and you have to pay to spend a penny. Benidorm Spain- ugly city - but total fun time.
Barcelona Spain- gorgeous, interesting, fantastic
Italy Rome- interesting, fascinating
France - Love that place.. mysteriously lovely
United Kingdom - Love it... interesting, historical
Scotland - too gorgeous for words..
Austria - too beautiful
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I'll have to come back to this one after work. Is CS a country ?
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Jeeepers: I'll have to come back to this one after work.
Is CS a country ?
Is CS a country ?
Please do come back J. CS is not a country, it is the world!
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United Kingdom
France
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Bulgaria
Tunisia
USA - Florida
Australia - NSW/Queensland
Loved every minute of my travels...... IMO there is good and bad everywhere we go.
France
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Bulgaria
Tunisia
USA - Florida
Australia - NSW/Queensland
Loved every minute of my travels...... IMO there is good and bad everywhere we go.
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IMO there is good and bad everywhere we go.
Not all 'good's and 'bad's are the same. Do you mind sharing just one for interest's and fun's sake.
Not all 'good's and 'bad's are the same. Do you mind sharing just one for interest's and fun's sake.
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Been to many places & my biggest gripe is when the country's locals want to take you for a ride & they somehow think all tourists are dumb!
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Andorra - Loved it, great mountain views & fresh air.
Austria - Bregenz - lovely lakeside town. Innsbruck - very wet during visit so cannot easily say good or bad about this city.
Belgium - visited Charleroi, Liege, Brugge, Ostend, Brussels. Brugge fav out of those.
Bosnia - Sarajevo - Was ok but bad toilet facilities
Bulgaria - Sofia - had big problems with their alphabet but ok city.
Czech Republic - Prague - beautiful city, have been many times,
Marianske Lazne - great place for complete relaxation & spas.
Denmark - Copenhagen - again wet weather but saw all the mahor sights of the city.
Estonia - Tallinn - Rained the whole trip ( not having much luck here
) beautiful old town in Tallinn.
France - too many cities to mention visited . Did NOT like Paris at all
Germany - again visited many German cities. Bremen & Berlin favourites.
Gibraltar - loved driving up the rock to see the apes
Hungary - Budapest - very average city. Unhappy looking inhabitants.
Ireland - all over Ireland really. Glendalough & Ring of Kerry both very beautiful areas.
Italy - been about 8 Italian cities. Venice & Florence definate favourites. Got put off Rome by pickpockets & did not like Milan much.
Latvia - Riga - nice city but extremely cold on my first visit there at - 35 degrees
Lithuania - love it. Have driven across centre of the country. Vilnius is a very pretty city & Kaunas & Klaipeda both hold great memories
Luxembourg - Heavy rain whole visit so cannot really say.
Malta - had a couple of holidays there & would say it's ok but lacks much to do for the average tourist.
Netherlands - Amsterdam - great place, lots to do & see. Anne Frank house was probably highlight. Eindhoven - extremely boring place, definately not going back.
Poland - Warsaw - still undecided was ok but not very touristy. Krakow - lovely place ( also visited Auschwitz whilst there ).
Wroclaw - bit boring if i'm honest.
Gdansk - very nice area of Poland - Sopot especially well worth a visit.
Portugal - Porto - very boring city.
Romania - Bucharest - enjoyed 6 day trip but the enormous stray dog problem is very upsetting. Spent most of the time feeding them. Some good interesting museums in Bucharest.
Serbia - Belgrade - very surprising city . kalemegdan fortress well worth a visit & great nightlife in Belgrade
Slovakia - Bratislava - lovely city on the river Danube.
Slovenia - Ljubljana - funnily enough don't recall much about Ljubljana even though trip was only about 5 years ago
Spain - pretty much everywhere. Favourite cities are Barcelona & Bilbao. Did not like Madrid, Santander or Valladolid. One of my fav places in the whole world is in Spain
Switzerland - Geneva - rained whole visit but lovely lake
Schaffhausen - rheinfall = definately one of Europes greatest sights
Turkey - Istanbul - mad city but really liked it. Grand Bazarr & the sights around there are a must visit once in your life.
Ukraine - Kiev - alphabet problems but the local female population make this city well worth going to over & over again
. Some great tourist sights too in Kiev
USA - Florida - went on honeymoon & don't need to descibe this place. Full of fun for whole family.
New York - the big apple is well ---- big loved it, did all the touristy things & cannot wait to return.
Austria - Bregenz - lovely lakeside town. Innsbruck - very wet during visit so cannot easily say good or bad about this city.
Belgium - visited Charleroi, Liege, Brugge, Ostend, Brussels. Brugge fav out of those.
Bosnia - Sarajevo - Was ok but bad toilet facilities
Bulgaria - Sofia - had big problems with their alphabet but ok city.
Czech Republic - Prague - beautiful city, have been many times,
Marianske Lazne - great place for complete relaxation & spas.
Denmark - Copenhagen - again wet weather but saw all the mahor sights of the city.
Estonia - Tallinn - Rained the whole trip ( not having much luck here
) beautiful old town in Tallinn.France - too many cities to mention visited . Did NOT like Paris at all
Germany - again visited many German cities. Bremen & Berlin favourites.
Gibraltar - loved driving up the rock to see the apes
Hungary - Budapest - very average city. Unhappy looking inhabitants.
Ireland - all over Ireland really. Glendalough & Ring of Kerry both very beautiful areas.
Italy - been about 8 Italian cities. Venice & Florence definate favourites. Got put off Rome by pickpockets & did not like Milan much.
Latvia - Riga - nice city but extremely cold on my first visit there at - 35 degrees
Lithuania - love it. Have driven across centre of the country. Vilnius is a very pretty city & Kaunas & Klaipeda both hold great memories
Luxembourg - Heavy rain whole visit so cannot really say.
Malta - had a couple of holidays there & would say it's ok but lacks much to do for the average tourist.
Netherlands - Amsterdam - great place, lots to do & see. Anne Frank house was probably highlight. Eindhoven - extremely boring place, definately not going back.
Poland - Warsaw - still undecided was ok but not very touristy. Krakow - lovely place ( also visited Auschwitz whilst there ).
Wroclaw - bit boring if i'm honest.
Gdansk - very nice area of Poland - Sopot especially well worth a visit.
Portugal - Porto - very boring city.
Romania - Bucharest - enjoyed 6 day trip but the enormous stray dog problem is very upsetting. Spent most of the time feeding them. Some good interesting museums in Bucharest.
Serbia - Belgrade - very surprising city . kalemegdan fortress well worth a visit & great nightlife in Belgrade
Slovakia - Bratislava - lovely city on the river Danube.
Slovenia - Ljubljana - funnily enough don't recall much about Ljubljana even though trip was only about 5 years ago
Spain - pretty much everywhere. Favourite cities are Barcelona & Bilbao. Did not like Madrid, Santander or Valladolid. One of my fav places in the whole world is in Spain
Switzerland - Geneva - rained whole visit but lovely lake
Schaffhausen - rheinfall = definately one of Europes greatest sights
Turkey - Istanbul - mad city but really liked it. Grand Bazarr & the sights around there are a must visit once in your life.
Ukraine - Kiev - alphabet problems but the local female population make this city well worth going to over & over again
. Some great tourist sights too in Kiev USA - Florida - went on honeymoon & don't need to descibe this place. Full of fun for whole family.
New York - the big apple is well ---- big
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Elmorya: Been to many places & my biggest gripe is when the country's locals want to take you for a ride & they somehow think all tourists are dumb!
Say that again. The cashiers especially take people for a ride. It happened to me here at home! She thought I was a tourist and dd not have time to calculate. She charged me double the price. I corrected her and she called the supervisor who just cancelled and gave me the right change, no apology or any sign to show this was a mistake! Beware people, calculate!
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AnneDee: Say that again. The cashiers especially take people for a ride. It happened to me here at home! She thought I was a tourist and dd not have time to calculate. She charged me double the price. I corrected her and she called the supervisor who just cancelled and gave me the right change, no apology or any sign to show this was a mistake! Beware people, calculate!
At the AIRPORT!
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The Netherlands... we go around by car or bus. Nice traffic and safe!
Amsterdam, nice place and amazed with bicycle parking!
Keukenhof, 7 million flowers bulb in one park, and went to the flower festival!
Madurodam, it’s a miniature city, took many pictures in here cause so amazed with the mini architecture!
And I took a picture with traditional costume in Volendam…
and many places that I can’t mention one by one because I really forgot the name…most of all was wonderful..
Well, I met a few impolite people there, looks like they don’t like Asia people! Only old people that really friendly to us
Hmm, I forgot the name of the place…from Schipol to Leiderdorp when we pass the street, all the way we can smell cow dung…eeewwww, disgusting! well my friend said it's for fertilizer
Belgium…to Antwerp met friends .And people said the diamond center of the world is from Antwerp , and we went to the diamond store, just looking…(the price really expensive!)
Paris…beautiful place and romantic place especially when we went to Eifel Tower at night!
we went around Paris by train, nice and safe... but not too clean, because i still could see dirt dog on the way
Then to Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Notre dame de Paris, eat lunch at Café de Flore, and went to Louis XIV palace of Versailles…so beautiful!
Paris is the fashion city…of course we went to Champ-Elyses…bought a few perfumes.
We met a few Turkish and Philipines, we chat a while when we ate dinner, they’re not tourist, but they’re friendly
One thing I could remember was not all of them could speak English!
Amsterdam, nice place and amazed with bicycle parking!
Keukenhof, 7 million flowers bulb in one park, and went to the flower festival!
Madurodam, it’s a miniature city, took many pictures in here cause so amazed with the mini architecture!
And I took a picture with traditional costume in Volendam…
and many places that I can’t mention one by one because I really forgot the name…most of all was wonderful..
Well, I met a few impolite people there, looks like they don’t like Asia people!
Only old people that really friendly to us Hmm, I forgot the name of the place…from Schipol to Leiderdorp when we pass the street, all the way we can smell cow dung…eeewwww, disgusting!
well my friend said it's for fertilizerBelgium…to Antwerp met friends .And people said the diamond center of the world is from Antwerp , and we went to the diamond store, just looking…(the price really expensive!)
Paris…beautiful place and romantic place especially when we went to Eifel Tower at night!
we went around Paris by train, nice and safe...
but not too clean, because i still could see dirt dog on the way Then to Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Notre dame de Paris, eat lunch at Café de Flore, and went to Louis XIV palace of Versailles…so beautiful!
Paris is the fashion city…of course we went to Champ-Elyses…bought a few perfumes.
We met a few Turkish and Philipines, we chat a while when we ate dinner, they’re not tourist, but they’re friendly
One thing I could remember was not all of them could speak English!
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Elmorya: Been to many places & my biggest gripe is when the country's locals want to take you for a ride & they somehow think all tourists are dumb!
Perhaps they think all tourists are "newbies" to the place? Cause, if you don't know where you are going, the taxidriver has it on his favor.
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Wow Darren and Joell and others, so many places you've seen. I'm wondering what kind of a job lets you travel so much, business or fun? I might consider changing careers....or lifestyle. But I'm really inspired by all of you and thanx for sharing.
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AnneDee: Wow Darren and Joell and others, so many places you've seen. I'm wondering what kind of a job lets you travel so much, business or fun? I might consider changing careers....or lifestyle. But I'm really inspired by all of you and thanx for sharing.
Only travel for leisure & not in a particularly well paid job. Flights from the UK are really cheap though. Sometimes you can fly abroad from here for £10 ( $15 US ) return. Get lots of time off work as work long shifts
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darren9030: Only travel for leisure & not in a particularly well paid job. Flights from the UK are really cheap though. Sometimes you can fly abroad from here for £10 ( $15 US ) return. Get lots of time off work as work long shifts
Good for you. You are lucky you have those cheap flights. Here I get opportunity to travel becoz I never got training in my job, self-taught, I can only be trained overseas, it's scarce skill localy. I'm always looking for such opportunities.
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AnneDee: Mention the counrties you have ever travelled to and next to each write one good and one bad experience about it.
Australia..was the start of my journey...Had to leave
Indonesia/Bali..eye opener,unbelievable friendliness..Road again
Malaysia,Thailand,Burma,(Myanmar)..Same as above...Road again
India..I bought an expensive watch in Singapore..to sell in India to finance futher trips..got ripped off..no watch no funds India..Totally amazing..Do it if u can..
Pakistan,Nepal,Afgahistan...
Iran,Turkey,Bulgaria....
Austria,Germany,Belgium,...
England,Norway,Sweden,Denmark....
Greece, Spain, Andorra ,Liechenstein,Switerland,France,
America,Canada,Hawaii.Fiji,Cook Islands,New Zealand,....
The good thing... They are there !
The bad thing.....Iam still travelling...!
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but are'nt we all.......!!!?
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AnneDee: Good for you. You are lucky you have those cheap flights. Here I get opportunity to travel becoz I never got training in my job, self-taught, I can only be trained overseas, it's scarce skill localy. I'm always looking for such opportunities.
Yes definately. I guess that comes with being single as many people where i work travel for business abroad & hate it ( because they are married ). Like yourself i would jump at the chance especially if another 'new' country for me to visit came up ------ This thread is Archived ------
Elmorya: Been to many places & my biggest gripe is when the country's locals want to take you for a ride & they somehow think all tourists are dumb!
Yes you are right. I was in Prague 2 weeks ago & got overcharged 3 times in just over an hour. Once for a beer, once for a hotdog & once for a fridge magnet. ( got my money back on the fridge magnet
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darren9030: Andorra - Loved it, great mountain views & fresh air.
Austria - Bregenz - lovely lakeside town. Innsbruck - very wet during visit so cannot easily say good or bad about this city.
Belgium - visited Charleroi, Liege, Brugge, Ostend, Brussels. Brugge fav out of those.
Bosnia - Sarajevo - Was ok but bad toilet facilities
Bulgaria - Sofia - had big problems with their alphabet but ok city.
Czech Republic - Prague - beautiful city, have been many times,
Marianske Lazne - great place for complete relaxation & spas.
Denmark - Copenhagen - again wet weather but saw all the mahor sights of the city.
Estonia - Tallinn - Rained the whole trip ( not having much luck here ) beautiful old town in Tallinn.
France - too many cities to mention visited . Did NOT like Paris at all
Germany - again visited many German cities. Bremen & Berlin favourites.
Gibraltar - loved driving up the rock to see the apes
Hungary - Budapest - very average city. Unhappy looking inhabitants.
Ireland - all over Ireland really. Glendalough & Ring of Kerry both very beautiful areas.
Italy - been about 8 Italian cities. Venice & Florence definate favourites. Got put off Rome by pickpockets & did not like Milan much.
Latvia - Riga - nice city but extremely cold on my first visit there at - 35 degrees
Lithuania - love it. Have driven across centre of the country. Vilnius is a very pretty city & Kaunas & Klaipeda both hold great memories
Luxembourg - Heavy rain whole visit so cannot really say.
Malta - had a couple of holidays there & would say it's ok but lacks much to do for the average tourist.
Netherlands - Amsterdam - great place, lots to do & see. Anne Frank house was probably highlight. Eindhoven - extremely boring place, definately not going back.
Poland - Warsaw - still undecided was ok but not very touristy. Krakow - lovely place ( also visited Auschwitz whilst there ).
Wroclaw - bit boring if i'm honest.
Gdansk - very nice area of Poland - Sopot especially well worth a visit.
Portugal - Porto - very boring city.
Romania - Bucharest - enjoyed 6 day trip but the enormous stray dog problem is very upsetting. Spent most of the time feeding them. Some good interesting museums in Bucharest.
Serbia - Belgrade - very surprising city . kalemegdan fortress well worth a visit & great nightlife in Belgrade
Slovakia - Bratislava - lovely city on the river Danube.
Slovenia - Ljubljana - funnily enough don't recall much about Ljubljana even though trip was only about 5 years ago
Spain - pretty much everywhere. Favourite cities are Barcelona & Bilbao. Did not like Madrid, Santander or Valladolid. One of my fav places in the whole world is in Spain
Switzerland - Geneva - rained whole visit but lovely lake
Schaffhausen - rheinfall = definately one of Europes greatest sights
Turkey - Istanbul - mad city but really liked it. Grand Bazarr & the sights around there are a must visit once in your life.
Ukraine - Kiev - alphabet problems but the local female population make this city well worth going to over & over again . Some great tourist sights too in Kiev
USA - Florida - went on honeymoon & don't need to descibe this place. Full of fun for whole family.
New York - the big apple is well ---- big loved it, did all the touristy things & cannot wait to return.
Austria - Bregenz - lovely lakeside town. Innsbruck - very wet during visit so cannot easily say good or bad about this city.
Belgium - visited Charleroi, Liege, Brugge, Ostend, Brussels. Brugge fav out of those.
Bosnia - Sarajevo - Was ok but bad toilet facilities
Bulgaria - Sofia - had big problems with their alphabet but ok city.
Czech Republic - Prague - beautiful city, have been many times,
Marianske Lazne - great place for complete relaxation & spas.
Denmark - Copenhagen - again wet weather but saw all the mahor sights of the city.
Estonia - Tallinn - Rained the whole trip ( not having much luck here ) beautiful old town in Tallinn.
France - too many cities to mention visited . Did NOT like Paris at all
Germany - again visited many German cities. Bremen & Berlin favourites.
Gibraltar - loved driving up the rock to see the apes
Hungary - Budapest - very average city. Unhappy looking inhabitants.
Ireland - all over Ireland really. Glendalough & Ring of Kerry both very beautiful areas.
Italy - been about 8 Italian cities. Venice & Florence definate favourites. Got put off Rome by pickpockets & did not like Milan much.
Latvia - Riga - nice city but extremely cold on my first visit there at - 35 degrees
Lithuania - love it. Have driven across centre of the country. Vilnius is a very pretty city & Kaunas & Klaipeda both hold great memories
Luxembourg - Heavy rain whole visit so cannot really say.
Malta - had a couple of holidays there & would say it's ok but lacks much to do for the average tourist.
Netherlands - Amsterdam - great place, lots to do & see. Anne Frank house was probably highlight. Eindhoven - extremely boring place, definately not going back.
Poland - Warsaw - still undecided was ok but not very touristy. Krakow - lovely place ( also visited Auschwitz whilst there ).
Wroclaw - bit boring if i'm honest.
Gdansk - very nice area of Poland - Sopot especially well worth a visit.
Portugal - Porto - very boring city.
Romania - Bucharest - enjoyed 6 day trip but the enormous stray dog problem is very upsetting. Spent most of the time feeding them. Some good interesting museums in Bucharest.
Serbia - Belgrade - very surprising city . kalemegdan fortress well worth a visit & great nightlife in Belgrade
Slovakia - Bratislava - lovely city on the river Danube.
Slovenia - Ljubljana - funnily enough don't recall much about Ljubljana even though trip was only about 5 years ago
Spain - pretty much everywhere. Favourite cities are Barcelona & Bilbao. Did not like Madrid, Santander or Valladolid. One of my fav places in the whole world is in Spain
Switzerland - Geneva - rained whole visit but lovely lake
Schaffhausen - rheinfall = definately one of Europes greatest sights
Turkey - Istanbul - mad city but really liked it. Grand Bazarr & the sights around there are a must visit once in your life.
Ukraine - Kiev - alphabet problems but the local female population make this city well worth going to over & over again . Some great tourist sights too in Kiev
USA - Florida - went on honeymoon & don't need to descibe this place. Full of fun for whole family.
New York - the big apple is well ---- big loved it, did all the touristy things & cannot wait to return.
Thank you for Sharing all the above info... I will certainly refer to it when I next come over..
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