Re: Crossing Places Off Your List
Originally Posted by
Surfermom
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What places have you traveled turned out to be a disappointment or gave you enough reason to say you'd never go back again? Why?
I am a happy, grateful, low maintenance traveler, but I feel that way about New York City.
My curiosity stems from currently planning a 2-3 week vacation in late '19, and since I can't decide where I want to go - I thought I might start out by figuring out where I don't want to go.
I have been to a lot of places, mostly on business. So not generally touristy places. Many I would go back to and a few I wouldn't.
Kayseri, central Turkey, is one. Limited food choices for western tastes but OK if you like sheep's brain.
South Africa is another. I went there for a few months and it was different. Sections of the beach for whites only was a bit of an eye opener for me as an unseasoned traveller at the time. But the food was superb. I have been back since apartheid was dismantled. It not a safe place.
Libya was interesting but not a place I would go back to now. Not even sure I could.
Malta is another place I would cross of my list for the same reason I would avoid the Mediterranean resorts in Spain. They are over run with tourists and, in my view, have lost their identity.
On the other side of the coin, one of the most pleasant holidays we had was in the Trossachs in Scotland. We rented a holiday cottage there. And walked lots.