Worst destination you have visited
Jan 9, 2024, 10:33 am
#556
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: EMA (how boring) but BHX is more convenient.
Posts: 2,374
I've always found something to see or something to eat. I generally refuse to hang out in the hotel room. For the first time in many many years, I stayed in the hotel room one afternoon in Jeddah (early 2023) because it was just too hot out. I find airports and train stations fascinating, no matter the condition (although I don't think I've ever been to a train station where I wasn't extra cautious with my belongings). I am also a walker and can walk for miles - walking provides such a different perspective. I practice situational awareness and am generally aware of my surroundings to hopefully avoid doing something stupid.
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Jan 9, 2024, 7:09 pm
#557
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: PHX and LIH
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I was in a foreign studies program in Quito in college. Though I have been back, it's been quite a few years. I can't imagine that things in Quito or Lima have deteriorated to the extent that either would be mentioned in a thread about a worst destination. Now, that said, there are a few stops on the bus between the two cities that might qualify. 
BTW, I thought the food in Lima was excellent.
BTW, I thought the food in Lima was excellent.
Jan 10, 2024, 3:01 pm
#558
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: YouTube@findingfoodfluency
Posts: 53
I did leave the airport and Jeddah and walked around (not for a whole night). It was unbelievably hot, and i had just arrived from the tropics. In hindsight I wish I had remained in the airport. A first for me. Also, I didn't use a taxi app and have never been so ripped off by taxi drivers in my life. A very expensive visa too.
However, it's just another barely walkable metropolis in which I've actually probably walked more than most others. Just like walking, is all.
While there in 2017, I was bewitched by my compound, and exiting said compound.
Inside, the layout was akin to a cookie-cutter 1960s U.S. suburb. But once that gate opened-- sand, dust, and no sidewalks.