Me too, noisy, rude and filthy pool bar habits.......................any Mexican all-inclusive during US 'spring break'
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[Misc] Worst holiday you’ve ever been on
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Robinjakarta
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Been there many times and enjoyed and going there again next week. Lots to like about Kusadasi.
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
You have just reminded me about the time I took my wife to Indonesia-
Jakarta??
No we went by plane
A mate of my older brother had a mid 80’s holiday in SW Wales, with his girlfriend at the time. It rained a lot and was generally sh1t, but mainly he hated the locals. Setting in store a lifelong hatred of the Welsh people, he still hates them now.
oldboyroy
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Has to be Tunisia for me too. Although back in the 90s and it may have improved since then but apart from hotel, it was not the nicest of places to visit.
nicko31
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Dubai
Had the misfortune of making the overnight pitstop onto to SE Asia. Just so friggin dull...
Had the misfortune of making the overnight pitstop onto to SE Asia. Just so friggin dull...
Boring company in a very boring place. Nice weather in winter, that's about it
Robinjakarta
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Had a crap Welsh holiday as well. Hotel in Saundersfoot. Pissed down all week, and the hotel was 90% full with a happy clappy, non-drinking religious group who sang songs in the bar every night. Owner said we could take drinks to our room which he normally never allowed
Been there loads of times with work. Full of boorish drunken expats in all the bars (plus Arabs taking it a bit of time off from their religious beliefs drinking and talking to nice young Russian ladies), identikit shopping malls full of stuff you don’t want, restaurants competing to see who can be the most expensive/gimmicky and some of the world’s worst drivers. Unbearable heat in summer, few pavements so can’t really walk anywhere and there’s not actually a lot to do. Enormous tax free salaries keep the Finance industry people there
LANGDON SEAGULL
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Iggle Piggle
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happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Back in the 80s I went to Crete. The resort, hotel, food and company was good. What was less good was crashing a motorbike into a local fisherman on a moped, getting arrested for careless driving and finding out that, due to Greek law at the time, I had to be held in custody until I had to go to court. The accident was Saturday evening, court Monday morning, so two nights in a cell every bit as bad as you could imagine (filthy mattress on the floor, stunk of piss).
When I got to court I was advised by the duty solicitor to “say you’re sorry but you were a bit drunk” (I wasn’t drunk, but I was sorry).
The sentence was “10 days in jail <f…ing long pause> or 8000 drachma fine (about £40 iirc)".
When I got to court I was advised by the duty solicitor to “say you’re sorry but you were a bit drunk” (I wasn’t drunk, but I was sorry).
The sentence was “10 days in jail <f…ing long pause> or 8000 drachma fine (about £40 iirc)".
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
I did spend a very hot summer in Switzerland a few years ago -
Berne ??
No luckily I had my factor 50 on
Berne ??
No luckily I had my factor 50 on
I had a very nice time in Kos. Took the missus and first born who was about 9 months old. I did though have an entirely different holiday to everyone else there.
We were in a small row of self catering apartments attached to a big somewhat tired hotel, that was probably one of the biggest until they started building all inclusive behemoths.
Every day we woke up early (baby) made ourselves coffee, walked to beach for a swim and play with baby then pop in somewhere for breakfast.
Then we'd head back to hotel never getting back later than 11am just as everyone in the hotel left for the beach.
Then we'd put baby down, have a siesta ourselves, read a book, sit in the nice shade straight outside our room.
As the heat went out the day we'd head out again, passing the beetroot hotel guests on their way in. Cycle off with baby in trailer to somewhere further away for a dip then onwards to a restaurant for early dinner. Again return to hotel as many guests but leave for evening. Sit outside, nice cooling breeze, it's lovely and quiet, drink ouzo, fast asleep before anyone returns.
Only met one couple (who may have previously been to Goa) the entire time when the occupants of the next door apartment had finally burnt themselves so badly they stayed in their last day.
So quietest holiday I ever had was in a big hotel by a beach. I didn't get much of a tan but saw so much sunburn my retinas probably have melanoma.
FYP
Seagull58
In the Algarve
and very, very, very expensive. I paid the equivalent of £8 for a beer in Zurich in 1989. When I was in Winterthur on a student exchange in 1976 half a dozen eggs cost over £1
I went to Kavos, Corfu in the mid 90’s with a mate. There was a fkn boring curfew (I’m a night owl) where all outside bars had to turn music off at midnight, whilst bars/clubs closed at 3am rather than 6am.
As a punishment to the industry and young British visitors …. because a Brit on a moped had killed an elderly Greek lady a few weeks previous.
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Burger King, Geveva Airport (the Swiss side) in about 2010 … 4 Whopper meals with drinks was something like £45.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Outside Paris the French can be very pleasant, especially if you try to speak a bit of French. Even the French hate Parisians.