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Is there any country you would not go to even if you were paid to go there?

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  • #92
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭uch


    France, cúnts

    21/25



  • #93
    Happyhouse22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Happyhouse22


    As some one who has been to loads of countries and has an ambition to visit them all this thread is hilarious, sure there are a few countries I didn’t love and had poor experiences (Indonesia and Ethiopia) but would definitely go back and give them another go.

    For those that wouldn’t visit places for political and human rights issues, I totally get that. I don’t let it dictate my own travel for a few reasons but understand why people do.


  • #94
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Any country with Sharia law....

    Depressing eastern bloc countries like Belarus, Moldova etc.

    Israel for obvious reasons

    A majority of Sub Saharan African countries

    I dont think we in Ireland realise how good we have it


  • #95
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,171 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    uch wrote: »
    France, cúnts
    Paris is not France. Parisians are cúnts because they’re sick of bloody tourists who either don’t speak their language or mangle it (mea culpa), who make everything more expensive and overrun their cultural institutions. Like Dublin in a typical summer but ten times worse. You could almost call Paris a country of its own, and you’d have to pay me a lot to go back.

    Get out of Paris, however, and the whole picture changes. The greatest meal I ever had was in a poky restaurant off a side road in the Rhône Valley south of Lyons, sitting on plastic chairs outside while getting stuffed with quail, foie gras, filo pastries, and the most amazing wines and cheeses - for a third of what that would cost in a city. Nice was nice and Cannes was expensive, but I hear that Marseilles is a kip, so it’s not all wine and cheese. If I go back it will be to the west, to Cognac or Armagnac country.

    But Paris … Paris can suck it.

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #96
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,404 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Paid to go to a place, bring it on!


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  • #97
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,112 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Any one ruled by a brutal shower of super rich dress-wearing cünts where I can't get a pint in.

    So yeah, Saudi.


  • #98
    shatners bassoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭shatners bassoon


    Mister Vain wrote: »
    Myanmar

    Lovely spot


  • #99
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,309 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    SpitfireIV wrote: »
    Ditto, I can't think of anywhere else I'd least want to go.

    You obviously have put zero thought into this. You’re missing out on a great experience. Unless the travel distance is a factor?


  • #100
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,138 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    No but my rates get fairly steep for most of them.


  • #101
    john123470
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭john123470


    Ireland


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  • #102
    Mrcaramelchoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭Mrcaramelchoc


    Tuvalu

    Bloody tuvaluans


  • #103
    Yourmama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭Yourmama


    I'd go anywhere as long as it's relatively safe. Even if it's a kip, I want to see it and experience myself instead of relying on some snob opinion.


  • #104
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,803 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    archfi wrote: »
    Britain's countryside is beautiful, never been to Cornwall though that's top of the list for next time. It is stunning looking.


    Cornwall is pretty poor looking by Irish standards when it comes to countryside and the towns are the usual grim UK dumps and full of the worst type of bulldog and spitfire Brits who moved down to get away from all the black people.

    In general England outside London is somewhere I would never go again. I have no problem with places that are poor or rundown if there is a bit of life and culture but UK towns are black holes in that sense


  • #105
    Dempo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,143 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    Belarus, a more backward, horrid and dysfunctional place if there was ever one.

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




  • #106
    duffman13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,256 ✭✭✭duffman13


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Really? I haven't been but I would like to go. Was there anything in particular you didn't like ?

    The people - Rude, zero engagement and no desire for tourists. I couldn't understand why people thought it was alright to spit on fairly packed public transport. Also getting ignored in multiple cities when asking questions at information in train stations etc. It wasn't just language barriers

    The food - really a mixed bag here but I ended out going veggie after a few days for the rest of the trip due to poor quality of any meat product I tried. Couldn't tell me what meat it was most of the time

    The communism - really is very obvious and the government are a great bunch of lads. Every night you check in to a hotel your details are uploaded on a database

    The tourist attractions - I've been to over visited attractions but China takes the piss. No crowd control, no concept of queuing and selfie sticks flying everywhere. The absolute highlight was the great Wall. Went up, it was absolutely rammed, couldn't see more than 400 metres due to pollution. When we walked back down towards the bus, there was a huge crowd queuing (an actual que for once) and we wondered what it was. Turns out it was a photography shop where you could pay $5 to get the perfect photoshopped photo of yourself on a beautiful sunny and picturesque great wall of China. It at least gave me a laugh

    Smog - Horrendous in any of the big cities. Visible pollution is a weird experience

    People are saying India on here but id take India any day over China.

    If you are planning on going to China then go for it, you'll either love it or I hate


  • #107
    Ariana Quaint Explosion
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Ariana Quaint Explosion


    duffman13 wrote: »

    The communism - really is very obvious and the government are a great bunch of lads. Every night you check in to a hotel your details are uploaded on a database

    That is not communism.

    Communism is a stateless society.


  • #108
    maestroamado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭maestroamado


    Cavan...


  • #109
    Dempo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,143 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    maestroamado wrote: »
    Cavan...

    Surprised at that, heard it was great Orange Peeling country (in your pocket) variety :)

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




  • #110
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 847 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Cornwall is pretty poor looking by Irish standards when it comes to countryside and the towns are the usual grim UK dumps and full of the worst type of bulldog and spitfire Brits who moved down to get away from all the black people.

    In general England outside London is somewhere I would never go again. I have no problem with places that are poor or rundown if there is a bit of life and culture but UK towns are black holes in that sense

    I’m always amazed people really think this kind of nonsense, Cornwall is every bit as beautiful as most places in Ireland.
    Full of people who moved to get away from the black people? Maybe lay off the Daily Mail, you will find most people in England are fairly tolerant despite Brexit and BoJo. I grew up in an area which probably has about 30% BAME community and I can assure you I have never met anyone who has moved or is thinking of moving to get away from black people.


  • #111
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,298 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Nauru. (Bird)sh1thole.


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  • #112
    JohnCleary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,205 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Mister Vain wrote: »
    Myanmar

    Conflict aside, the most amazing country in SE Asia. The people are such a joy to be in the company of.


  • #113
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,803 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I’m always amazed people really think this kind of nonsense, Cornwall is every bit as beautiful as most places in Ireland.
    Full of people who moved to get away from the black people? Maybe lay off the Daily Mail, you will find most people in England are fairly tolerant despite Brexit and BoJo. I grew up in an area which probably has about 30% BAME community and I can assure you I have never met anyone who has moved or is thinking of moving to get away from black people.


    I am speaking from experience not anything I got from the Daily Mail. I found the West Country to be a terribly backward place devoid of life or culture (well I suppose fat old men with bulldog tattoos all over their necks drinking awful beer in crap dead pubs is a culture but not one I would ever want to be near again)


  • #114
    minikin
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I can assure you I have never met anyone who has SAID they moved or is thinking of moving to get away from black people.

    Fixed your post.


  • #115
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,741 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Cornwall is pretty poor looking by Irish standards when it comes to countryside and the towns are the usual grim UK dumps and full of the worst type of bulldog and spitfire Brits who moved down to get away from all the black people.

    In general England outside London is somewhere I would never go again. I have no problem with places that are poor or rundown if there is a bit of life and culture but UK towns are black holes in that sense

    Wow, is this based on some kind of hate thing you have going on personally or what?

    Some beautiful towns & villages across England & Wales, and as for Cornwall, well its absolutely gorgeous, as are Dorset & Devon.
    Not sure whats going on here, maybe you just hate English people & towns or something like that? I've been there & its beautiful.

    Certainly can't be a country to avoid at all costs, can it?


  • #116
    Tec Diver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭Tec Diver


    archer22 wrote: »
    The Netherlands..most pig ignorant place I ever encountered.

    Anywhere in the middle east with the exception of Iran.


    I've been to the Netherlands a few times for work over the years and found the locals to be quite friendly. Never had any issues. Actually friendlier than some places I've been in the US or UK.


  • #117
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Genre.. wrote: »
    Papa New Guinea

    Nevr again

    sounds very interesting , tell us a little please


  • #118
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Venezuela. Also huge portions of the UK, the levels of poverty and general grimness over there always surprises me. The people are nice though.

    Would love to visit Iran.


  • #119
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Montage of Feck wrote: »
    Iran, as the successor of the Persian empire, has got three thousand years of history and culture going on, so don't rule it out completely.

    stunningly beautiful women too


  • #120
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,404 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Venezuela. Also huge portions of the UK, the levels of poverty and general grimness over there always surprises me. The people are nice though.

    Would love to visit Iran.

    think all westerners should experience desperate poverty, puts life into perspective


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  • #121
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,741 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    Genre.. wrote: »
    Papa New Guinea

    Nevr again

    Cannibals aren't they, or do they shrink heads or some sh|t like that?
    Little fellas with rubber bands on their willies. Lucky to get out of there with your life.


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