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Holiday destinations to avoid

Started by: i-spy (15310) 

Its funny but whenever this subject crops up, people always seem to mention the same two places.
Any ideas

Started: 10th Aug 2017 at 17:38

Posted by: chatty (9774)

Mogadishu and West Beirut?

Replied: 10th Aug 2017 at 17:58

Posted by: broady (inactive)

North Korea and Guam.

Replied: 10th Aug 2017 at 18:13

Posted by: i-spy (15310) 

Guam looks great - not so sure about the other place. I wonder if they'll start doing more repeats of Mash.

Replied: 11th Aug 2017 at 17:43

Posted by: tomplum (14723) 

My tip is stay at home, I never get tired of watching films about airport delays,flight cancellations,rowdy kids on planes,queues for the toilet,poor sanitary,over booked hotels,taxi's over charging,food poisoning,mosquito bites, poor service,nightmares in the foreign A+E,Germans putting towels on sunbeds,lifts not working and noise going on all night,
and when they get back and you ask, " did you enjoy it" the answer is always, " yes we had a marvelous time " Well you can keep it,

Replied: 11th Aug 2017 at 17:54

Posted by: i-spy (15310) 

Amen to that

Replied: 11th Aug 2017 at 18:06

Posted by: upthetims (6591)




Tom,It's belting belting in Albir

Replied: 11th Aug 2017 at 18:53

Posted by: bentlegs (5330)

Tom, Go on a Cruise, none of the trouble you mention,

Replied: 11th Aug 2017 at 20:37

Posted by: broady (inactive)

Tomplum,
I have very rarely if ever encountered the problems you mention. However I do remember travelling up the M6 on a Saturday afternoon and taking over an hour to get from Thelwall to Abram. I also remember leaving Worthing to travel home and watching Concord fly over when I was on the M?? and I knew it would be in New York before I got to Wigan. Four hours to get from Carlisle. Do you get what I am saying???

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 05:27

Posted by: Tommy Two Stroke (16559)

That Concorde was 'noisy' I saw it flying twice, each time over Wigan on Grand National day, it were flying over to Aintree to give the crowds there a thrill and when I heard those four Olympus Engines growling overhead I thought it was a Jumbo 747 flying really low, but when I looked up the Concorde look tiny, but those engines were making a right din and they were only ticking over ...

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 08:46

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Boeing got it banned from NY on grounds of it being noisy.

Since in fact it was LESS noisy than the Boeing planes using JFK, the ban got overturned fairly easily.

But the damage had been done: all export orders were lost. Customers exercised their cancel options!

We can look forward to more episodes like this, should we have a trade deal with US.

Was an EXPENSIVE way to cross the pond though, whurnit!

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 10:56

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Tom's post minded me of a sketch (can'r recall ifn it whur Mike Harding, or Billy Connolly) about Brits going on holiday. Described them sunbathing as like big chips, and all thee experience that was inferior to that had by the stay at home folk.

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 11:36

Posted by: lectriclegs (5712)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sonny's pain.

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 12:03

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Thanks, so it whur MH.

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 12:08

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Marathon: now there's a place. I got so bored that I ran all the way to Athens!

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 13:26

Posted by: i-spy (15310) 

I can't believe it. No one's been close yet. And everybody reckon they've been there.

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 18:37

Posted by: chatty (9774)

Rhyl and Southend, Scouseland and Eastenders by the sea respectively!

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 19:03

Posted by: i-spy (15310) 

Closer

Replied: 12th Aug 2017 at 19:05

 

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