Countries you have visited and will never go back.

[stephec]

I worked in Johannesburg for a week about ten years ago, anywhere where you need to drive 100yards to the shop because it's not safe to walk is a no no for me.

 

[Gillstay]

Surprised to see the number of people who wouldn't go back to the US. I lived there for 4 years, and while it's not without its flaws, there are plenty of positives about the country IMO. Particularly in the mid-west and east coast, though I spent most of my time there out on the West Coast. That said, I think you get a far different impression of a country when you spend more than a couple of weeks there on holiday.

True. I lived there and really wanted too but will not go back. The ignorance and lack of consideration for others I found appalling.
I thought I had friends but they all turned out to just be acquaintances when it came to it.
Bermuda, racist, expensive and boring.
India, just too many people for me.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I presume I am highly unusual in this day and age as I have never left these shores. Only been to England and Wales.

I've hardly left these shores. The odd foreign holiday over the years, as I've never been a travelling fan. My mum left England only twice in her 82 years. A family holiday to The Isle Of Man in 1972 and a fortnight in Spain in 2002.

 

[Beebo]

Niagra falls. I have family there. Never again.

Yes. I’ve been twice on organised excursions as part of a wider holiday. Both times on the Canada side.
It’s an awful place similar to Blackpool.
The waterfall is impressive but you get a far better view on TV.

If we are talking cities I’m not going back to Las Vegas in a hurry. I didn’t think I’d like it, and I was right.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Yugoslavia.
Czechoslovakia.

 

[Dave7]

From my understanding of the Malta posts it's just that, rather than it being a shithole, once you've been there and seen everything there's nothing new to go back for a second time.

Health issues apart I would love to go back.
Maybe biased as.......
1. I did a lot of scuba diving there.
2. Our hotel was wonderful and in an ideal spot.
We visited some lovely places which I would happily revisit.

 

[Chislenko]

Another tick for Tunisia.

Azerbaijan, we went through a spell in the 2000's of drawing them in every football qualification.

Ended up there four times in about six years, so seen it, done it.

Belarus, again went for football some years back but doesn't look particularly welcoming nowadays!

Montenegro, well specifically the capital Podgorica, probably the most boring capital city I have seen in all my days!

 

[MontyVeda]

Yes. I’ve been twice on organised excursions as part of a wider holiday. Both times on the Canada side.
It’s an awful place similar to Blackpool.
The waterfall is impressive but you get a far better view on TV.

If we are talking cities I’m not going back to Las Vegas in a hurry. I didn’t think I’d like it, and I was right.

that's exactly what i thought when reading @welsh dragon's reply... could anyone judge the entire UK population based on a visit to Blackpool?
I think not. A trip to a tourism hotspot like Niagra only tells you about Niagra.

 

[welsh dragon]

that's exactly what i thought when reading @welsh dragon's reply... could anyone judge the entire UK population based on a visit to Blackpool?
I think not. A trip to a tourism hotspot like Niagra only tells you about Niagra.

As I said, some of the country is great and has stunning views and not all Americans are like that. Just like in the UK. Some places here are god awful and a disgrace. Everywhere you go is the same. Some good parts, some dreadful parts. No country is perfect.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I was in the US for nine months during my theatre studies training; I'd be unlikely to go back.

As with @Cycleops I'd not want to go back to India for pretty much the same reasons. It was even more extreme than Nepal in the way poor people were treated as having no worth.

 

[Moodyman]

I’m surprised to see so many mention the USA. I wonder if it’s their insular culture and over-commercialism of tourism that’s the problem.

I’m hoping to do a coast to coast cycle tour there and am lured by the geography - the mountains, plains and emptiness of the interior. I guess I would largely avoid the touristy places and big population centres.

Someone tell me I’d be okay.

 

[Moodyman]

I think Muslims have a religious obligation to help travellers. Obviously there wasn't any mass tourism in 5th century Arabia.

It’s not a religious obligation but part of cultural etiquette. In the Middle East and South Asia you are deemed a ‘guest’ when from outside. Outside can mean from another town or another country.

 

[gbb]

I worked in Johannesburg for a week about ten years ago, anywhere where you need to drive 100yards to the shop because it's not safe to walk is a no no for me.

Nothing new about that to be sure, particularly the cities.
A former colleague worked there for maybe 10 years, maybe in the 1980s,1990s.
Dad was in Rhodesia, he said exactly the same.

Egypt get a lot of bad press (quite rightly) for the pressure put on tourists to spend but having worked out there short term, you do see a different side to them, helpful, happy, genuinely interested in what its like to live in the UK for instance. They have very very little and as is often the case, are always smiling, despite it.

 

[AndyRM]

where abouts did you go?

At a guess, Texas or somewhere similar. None of the descriptions of the US from other posters are anything like what I experienced.

The only time I ever felt a bit nervous was when we stopped off in what I'd call a "one horse town" in New Mexico while driving Route 66. But then in full goth mode, I suppose I was a bit of an oddity

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Generally we have decided never to visit the USA again


there is enough in the UK and Europe to see and we do not want to go through the aggressive entry stuff again

also - we may want to go to Cuba - which apparently means you have to get a full Visa to visit anywhere in the US