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What countries would you never visit?

Ponto

Active member
Papua/New Guinea, too unsafe. Anywhere in Europe south of the Pyrennees, the Alps, and the Dinaric Alps - too primitive, and unhygienic. Most of Asia barring Laos and Indonesia, I can practice my Bahasa Indonesia. A bit of a joke as I can speak Italian if I want to, and Indonesian but I can't speak Maltese. I am sensitive to the accents of English speakers, can't stand US and Canadian English accents, and the Francophone Canuks are arsehole. Anyway I have seen enough of this planet and had my fill. Turkey has a lot of archaeolgical sites, and nice figs, I'll go there, but stay away from the Bathhouses.
 

Coffeecup

Active member
Maybe Sweden because I've had poor experiences with Swedish users on various websites. I wouldn't 100% cross it off my list but it would be at the bottom, also because of the weather as well I would strongly prefer a warmer destination.
 

Coffeecup

Active member
I would also have very strong second thoughts about visiting Mexico for similar reasons I have had very poor experiences around and with them in real life, and a few online which makes me nervous about visiting there. I know there are a lot of cool and fun Mexicans, including some who frequent these forums, and the culture is interesting, so please don't be offended by this post if you're Mexican and reading this, it doesn't mean I dislike you. I actually feel bad I've had such bad experiences so please don't be offended. I think a little bit of it might be personality incompatibility.
 

Basilisk

Active member
India - Political reasons, also very poor, dirty and southern india doesn't appeal to me.
Israel - Political reasons, exception for Jerusalem/Al Quds
Southeast Asia - hot, humid, poor, weird food and culture, too many sex predators, ladyboys, 40 year old passport "bros" and sexpats. Only exception would be Malaysia, Brunei and maybe Indonesia although they have a lot of Hindu/Buddhist and liberal influences. Malaysia and Brunei are decent cause they have been civilized by Islam otherwise they would be cesspits like Thailand, Burma and Philippines. Mindanao and Phuket (Muslim natives) are the only exceptions, hopefully they will be free some day.
Turkey - Went there before, not bad, they have a lot of history but I'm not a fan of the way they treat Syrian refugees, the people have anger issues and overall not very pleasant personalities. If I wanted to experience Europe I would visit actual European countries and if I wanted to visit the middle east then I would visit actual middle eastern countries. Also compared to America it seems very impoverished and dirty, istanbul is full of trash and smells odd. Even the German-Turks don't want to go there. Most of the tourists tend to be western Muslims who have this weird idea of Turkey thanks to Ertugrul propaganda but it's really not that impressive, they should take that money to Spain, Greece and Italy.

EDIT: On a second thought, instead of going to southern europe or eastern europe that money should go to Northern Europe - clean, well organized societies, better summer weather, Protestant work ethic, nicer people and less racist, more similar to North America, more confident cause they're not from the peripheries of Europe so they don't feel the need to overcompensate.
LIke the muslim world is any bettter
You have beem brainwashed since birth unfortunately
 

Altaic Warrior

Well-known member
India - Political reasons, also very poor, dirty and southern india doesn't appeal to me.
Israel - Political reasons, exception for Jerusalem/Al Quds
Southeast Asia - hot, humid, poor, weird food and culture, too many sex predators, ladyboys, 40 year old passport "bros" and sexpats. Only exception would be Malaysia, Brunei and maybe Indonesia although they have a lot of Hindu/Buddhist and liberal influences. Malaysia and Brunei are decent cause they have been civilized by Islam otherwise they would be cesspits like Thailand, Burma and Philippines. Mindanao and Phuket (Muslim natives) are the only exceptions, hopefully they will be free some day.
Turkey - Went there before, not bad, they have a lot of history but I'm not a fan of the way they treat Syrian refugees, the people have anger issues and overall not very pleasant personalities. If I wanted to experience Europe I would visit actual European countries and if I wanted to visit the middle east then I would visit actual middle eastern countries. Also compared to America it seems very impoverished and dirty, istanbul is full of trash and smells odd. Even the German-Turks don't want to go there. Most of the tourists tend to be western Muslims who have this weird idea of Turkey thanks to Ertugrul propaganda but it's really not that impressive, they should take that money to Spain, Greece and Italy.

EDIT: On a second thought, instead of going to southern europe or eastern europe that money should go to Northern Europe - clean, well organized societies, better summer weather, Protestant work ethic, nicer people and less racist, more similar to North America, more confident cause they're not from the peripheries of Europe so they don't feel the need to overcompensate.
True southeast asia especially cambodia have a lot of pedophiles (sex predators)
 
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