So what IS your least favourite country..

noway12345 · 23-06-2015 11:06pm

I like all countries. They're all very pretty.

23-06-2015 11:27pm

Saudi Arabia - one of the biggest sources of human misery on the planet.

F*ck them.

Supercell · 23-06-2015 11:30pm

Love/hate - China, if you are family it's all good, if not, nobody gives a fcuk about you, they will step over your bloodied body after a beating/robbing/car bumping.

omerin · 23-06-2015 11:38pm

I could say North Korea, Russia, Iraq, etc, but none of these effect my life to a great extent, so I will say northern Ireland, by and large a pretty miserable bunch with probably an above average number of psychotic mental cases and bigots.

murpho999 · 24-06-2015 12:04am

For me.

Cyprus was there once , sold it's soul to British tourists and is an awful kip. Don't get how people like it apart from the weather.

The Netherlands.....yea yea, I now all you Boardsies think the Dutch are cool, easy going and laid back and you can smoke a joint etc, but I lived there for 7 years and they are the most uptight, dullest and conservative society I've come across.
Also, the scenery is the most boring ever. All the towns are the same as well, every house made from redbrick with white interiors (as the Dutch all do everything the same).
Was glad to get out of it and only visit it now with the wife sporadically.

Whatsisname · 24-06-2015 12:21am

I've not been to a whole lot of countries but I can say India is one place I do not plan on ever visiting.

Grayson · 24-06-2015 12:36am

Whatsisname wrote: »

I've not been to a whole lot of countries but I can say India is one place I do not plan on ever visiting.

India is huge though. There's many different aspects to it. It's not like Saudi.

Grayson · 24-06-2015 12:43am

I just did some travelling in SE Asia. I can honestly say that thailand, from bangkok going south, is the worst place there. It's tourist central. Very little culture and everyone is trying to rip off the farang. That's not to say that there isn't beautiful scenery or some amazing sights, i's just that everyone tries to rip you off. Dozens of times every day you end up haggling when someone tries to change you multiple times the going ate. It starts at the airport when a taxi driver tries to charge you 1500 baht for a trip that takes 200 baht and it keeps going.

DarkyHughes · 24-06-2015 5:03am

1. Israel - Can't think of any redeeming qualities, their government ministers have said some shocking things about Arabs. The blockade of Gaza is brutal & their gearing up to "mow the lawn" as they say in Israel which means kills lots of civilians - women, kids, old people, maybe militants doesn't really matter. And something like 85 90% of the population supports this policy. Plus lots of other things like the West Bank, there terrorism against the British authorties right before they became a state (i.e hanging two British officers, blowing up the King David hotel ), expelling 700,000 Arabs from the land when they became a state. The few Jewish people in Israel who oppose these policies are some of the bravest people on earth.

2. North Korea - Travel Guide - "And here we have state of the art hospital & technology for hospital" tourists - "were are all the patients?" Travel Guide - "Ehhhhhh And over here we have paintings of war against America, opps light gone out blame American's " "I Love The Leader repeat 15 times a day"
Talk about Orwell's 1984 coming to life.

3.USA - Done so many horrible things since WW2. Vietnam , Iraq, Central & Souht Americs plus the amount of coups they've orchestrated is unbelievable

Depraved · 24-06-2015 6:52am

frostyjacks wrote: »

Apart from Israel (obvs), I'd say Saudia Arabia. Backwards doesn't begin to describe that place.

Be careful with lies like that about Saudi Arabia. They might behead you.

Depraved · 24-06-2015 6:54am

Just a little Samba wrote: »

In gonna go with U.A.E. As well. I get dragged there (usually Dubai) for conferences and sometimes have long layovers there when flying to Asia for work and I dread it every single time. Horrible, soulless, vapid people in a horrible, soulless, vapid country.

And one of the most confusing airports on earth with extremely unhelpful staff.

Just a little Samba · 24-06-2015 6:59am

Depraved wrote: »

And one of the most confusing airports on earth with extremely unhelpful staff.

Yeah DBX is horrible. Hopefully Emirates new hub will be a little better.

Depraved · 24-06-2015 7:02am

Grayson wrote: »

I just did some travelling in SE Asia. I can honestly say that thailand, from bangkok going south, is the worst place there. It's tourist central. Very little culture and everyone is trying to rip off the farang. That's not to say that there isn't beautiful scenery or some amazing sights, i's just that everyone tries to rip you off. Dozens of times every day you end up haggling when someone tries to change you multiple times the going ate. It starts at the airport when a taxi driver tries to charge you 1500 baht for a trip that takes 200 baht and it keeps going.

1500? Oh they must like you. The last time I was there they tried to charge me 4500 for an 8 min journey. I just stood there loudly laughing at him.

It's true though..it's one of the worst countries I've visited in terms of people ripping off tourists. Actually, taxi drivers in most developing countries are terrible scammers. Always learn how to quickly calculate the local currency back into Euro so you know what you are paying. Get an app for your phone to do it if needed.

jester77 · 24-06-2015 7:13am

Parts of Cambodia, child sex being so open. Western guys in cafes and bars organising/grooming young girls. Accommodation having posters requesting you not to bring underage girls back for sex. Awful.

BizzyC · 24-06-2015 7:20am

Ah here, Thailand is a lovely place.
As long as you have a sensible head you wont get ripped off.

For me it's India.
Rudest society I've ever come across and very aggressive towards women.

FTA69 · 24-06-2015 7:53am

At the moment for me it's Ghana.

Here at the moment and I've been glued to the jacks for hours, it's 6am and I actually think I've shat out most of my own body weight at this stage. If you're ever mouldy drunk in West Africa DO NOT chance roasted goat from the side of the road.

Cienciano · 24-06-2015 8:07am

FTA69 wrote: »

At the moment for me it's Ghana.

Here at the moment and I've been glued to the jacks for hours, it's 6am and I actually think I've shat out most of my own body weight at this stage. If you're ever mouldy drunk in West Africa DO NOT chance roasted goat from the side of the road.

Great country. Go to duncans bar, near the ntm office on Oxford Street. If you're in accra

FTA69 · 24-06-2015 8:28am

Cienciano wrote: »

Great country. Go to duncans bar, near the ntm office on Oxford Street. If you're in accra

Currently sitting in East Lagon mate, I was in some spot last night horsing into the Star. I've been in Osu a few times and went to Duncan's last week. Off to Nima now in a few hours. I've had enough of luxury.

efb · 24-06-2015 8:31am

St Vincent and the Grenadines

RobertKK · 24-06-2015 9:20am

North Korea, sure who would want to live in a concentration camp, led by a crazy an with a ridiculous hairstyle and who has nuclear bombs.
Hopefully it disappears off the map sometime soon like the country of East Germany did where the women who played sport grew beards...

keano_afc · 24-06-2015 9:26am

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Northern Ireland

Not a real country.

Tabnabs · 24-06-2015 9:27am

India; god awful climate, huge poverty, rude people and paperwork to slay any rainforest. I have zero interest in ever going back there.

LordSutch · 24-06-2015 10:20am

Belgium

Cienciano wrote: »

Best beer on the planet, best chocolate on the planet and their national dish is chips.

+ we can thank them for a certain Dublin family by the name of Geldof.

Crooked Jack · 24-06-2015 10:24am

Least favourite country I've been in was switzerland. Boring, expensive and unfriendly.

Of course, for all i know switzerland is lovely and i was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. You can never really judge and entire country

cherryghost · 24-06-2015 10:34am

Wasn't fond of Tunisia at all. I can see all the advertisements in Dublin about 'Come to Tunisia!' and I cringe every time. The place is run down, the tourism industry has taken a nosedive since its troubles and there's no maintenance in many areas as a result. Also the people are pretty unpleasant to deal with.

whisky_galore · 24-06-2015 2:59pm

I liked some aspects of Cuba, but thought just about everything else was a hustle.

Very few locals engaged you in conversation unless there was an angle, and the prostitution was pretty barefaced.

DarkyHughes · 24-06-2015 3:58pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

I liked some aspects of Cuba, but thought just about everything else was a hustle.

Very few locals engaged you in conversation unless there was an angle, and the prostitution was pretty barefaced.

Do locals in Ireland engage in conversation? I live in a Bray a fairly big urban town (Yes, the one were the great Seamus Costello is from.) & I've never had strangers come up to me & starting talking about anything to me. For me that would be a 1+ for Cuba, I wouldn't want a load of people coming over to me speaking to me in a language I don't understand, I'd get rather scared & runaway.

Yamanoto · 24-06-2015 4:07pm

DarkyHughes wrote: »

Do locals in Ireland engage in conversation? I live in a Bray a fairly big urban town (Yes, the one were the great Seamus Costello is from.) & I've never had strangers come up to me & starting talking about anything to me.

Perhaps take off the balaclava?

whisky_galore · 24-06-2015 4:08pm

DarkyHughes wrote: »

Do locals in Ireland engage in conversation? I live in a Bray a fairly big urban town (Yes, the one were the great Seamus Costello is from.) & I've never had strangers come up to me & starting talking about anything to me. For me that would be a 1+ for Cuba, I wouldn't want a load of people coming over to me speaking to me in a language I don't understand, I'd get rather scared & runaway.

That's your problem, right there.

anto9 · 24-06-2015 4:35pm

Grayson wrote: »

I just did some travelling in SE Asia. I can honestly say that thailand, from bangkok going south, is the worst place there. It's tourist central. Very little culture and everyone is trying to rip off the farang. That's not to say that there isn't beautiful scenery or some amazing sights, i's just that everyone tries to rip you off. Dozens of times every day you end up haggling when someone tries to change you multiple times the going ate. It starts at the airport when a taxi driver tries to charge you 1500 baht for a trip that takes 200 baht and it keeps going.

>>Little Culture <<? Really Loads of it if you know where to look .
>>Everyone tries to rip you off <<. Not everyone ,just certain Taxi drivers etc .
>>Haggling << Haggling is a way of life all over Asia ,but you can avoid it by going to fixed price shops .
>>it starts at the Airport << next time go to the official taxi stand where you will either get a fixed price or a taxi with a meter.

Leif Johnson · 24-06-2015 5:53pm

"The People's Republic of Cork", for **** sake Corkies, just accept you're part of the rest of Ireland.

crockholm · 24-06-2015 6:37pm

I'm not as well traveled as many here,but in my limited experience,I would say Austria,Germany's retarded cousin.A Nation of assholes.Except for that one dude who printed out the lyrics of "Rock me Amadeus" for me.

Mr_Spaceman · 24-06-2015 6:40pm

keano_afc wrote: »

Not a real country.

It is, actually, whether you like it or not.

noway12345 · 24-06-2015 6:40pm

England is the correct answer.

Muckracker · 24-06-2015 6:41pm

Sweden and its cold, repressed people.

jobbridge4life · 24-06-2015 6:43pm

Its a hard one to answer because there is such a collection sh*tholes to choose from.

Probably Russia, Uganda, or one of the sand dictatorships.

DarkyHughes · 24-06-2015 7:02pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

That's your problem, right there.

Racist.

Plus Seamus Costello is from Bray. Yay.

DarkyHughes · 24-06-2015 7:07pm

Yamanoto wrote: »

Perhaps take off the balaclava?

I only were that on active service unit. Plus I wouldn't want strangers coming up to me. When strangers you don't know come up to you what do you talk about?

anto9 · 24-06-2015 7:09pm

Have never been ,but from what i have heard of Nigeria ,especially the Capital Lagos ,its not somewhere i would wish to go .Saw the documentary on TV about Lagos Airport .

wendell borton · 24-06-2015 7:56pm

The Islamic caliphate in Syria and Iraq.

Berserker · 24-06-2015 8:20pm

noway12345 wrote: »

England is the correct answer.

It's not and you know it.

iDave · 24-06-2015 8:56pm

Australia

whisky_galore · 24-06-2015 10:38pm

DarkyHughes wrote: »

Racist.

Plus Seamus Costello is from Bray. Yay.

Good for him. Have no idea who that is.

jonnny68 · 24-06-2015 10:45pm

Arsemageddon wrote: »

Belgium, most boring place on the fvcking planet.

your mad, anytime ive been there it's been party central.

Berserker · 24-06-2015 11:28pm

jonnny68 wrote: »

your mad, anytime ive been there it's been party central.

Depends where you've been in Belgium. Brussels is not a party city, from my experience.

efb · 24-06-2015 11:29pm

Of the ones I've been to, I'd say Belgium

anto9 · 25-06-2015 7:28am

efb wrote: »

Of the ones I've been to, I'd say Belgium

Cant understand people saying Belgium.Bruge and Antwerpen ,are beautiful .Brussels is not so great but does have some nice parts .

retalivity · 25-06-2015 8:17am

Brussels is grand, plenty to do.

One country id never return to is vietnam, the scamming and harrassment is way worse than anything i experienced in any other country in se asia, people are very aggressive and everyone looks angry. Was lookimg forward to going there for years but halong bay is filthy, Hanoi had a bad vibe about it, and many of the resort cities on the coast are packed with Russian mafia.

Disappointing hole of a place

Berserker · 25-06-2015 11:11am

retalivity wrote: »

Brussels is grand, plenty to do.

One country id never return to is vietnam, the scamming and harrassment is way worse than anything i experienced in any other country in se asia, people are very aggressive and everyone looks angry. Was lookimg forward to going there for years but halong bay is filthy, Hanoi had a bad vibe about it, and many of the resort cities on the coast are packed with Russian mafia.

Disappointing hole of a place

Lol, we are thinking about planning a holiday to that part of the world later in the year. Trying to decide where to go and we were thinking about Vietnam and Thailand.

bb1234567 · 25-06-2015 11:29am

frostyjacks wrote: »

Apart from Israel (obvs), I'd say Saudia Arabia. Backwards doesn't begin to describe that place.

Its not that bad my father lived in Riyadh during the 80's and while it was strict the crime rate was almost non existent and quality of life was very reasonable for most people, so hardly that bad compared to a lot of other african and middle eastern countries..and that was also during the 80's it is more relaxed and westernised now

So what IS your least favourite country..

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