What was your worst holiday destination?
Mine was a school skiing trip to Romania shortly after the fall of communism (~1993). Why?
a) Ireland was pretty impoverished back in the bad old days and as such I had extremely limited funds.
b) I developed a chest infection whilst there: which I worsened considerably by skiing away despite it. In the end it became painful to breathe.
c) Food/drink was diabolical. To get a loaf you had to queue for 2 hours. Milk was powdered only. I heard the hotel staff strangle a particular evenings dinner upon waking one morning. Another day we had bear - ever tried chewing a ball of rubber bands: similar. I lost a considerable amount of weight over just one week...
d) For some reason there were people in one particular nightclub brandishing guns (they weren't security personnel either!).
e) The town we went to was a complete dump iwth little or no redeeming features (actually it was pretty close to Dracula's castle but I didn't have the funds to take a trip to see it).
f) It was a cheapo late holiday and we were pretty much skiing on what was essentially ice for a lot of it.
g) Developed constipation which finally came to a head in the airport when leaving. I spent takeoff in the airplane toilet, much to the dismay of the stewardesses.
h) Communism may have ended but communist immigration bureaucracy sadly hadn't.
Mine was a school skiing trip to Romania shortly after the fall of communism (~1993). Why?
a) Ireland was pretty impoverished back in the bad old days and as such I had extremely limited funds.
b) I developed a chest infection whilst there: which I worsened considerably by skiing away despite it. In the end it became painful to breathe.
c) Food/drink was diabolical. To get a loaf you had to queue for 2 hours. Milk was powdered only. I heard the hotel staff strangle a particular evenings dinner upon waking one morning. Another day we had bear - ever tried chewing a ball of rubber bands: similar. I lost a considerable amount of weight over just one week...
d) For some reason there were people in one particular nightclub brandishing guns (they weren't security personnel either!).
e) The town we went to was a complete dump iwth little or no redeeming features (actually it was pretty close to Dracula's castle but I didn't have the funds to take a trip to see it).
f) It was a cheapo late holiday and we were pretty much skiing on what was essentially ice for a lot of it.
g) Developed constipation which finally came to a head in the airport when leaving. I spent takeoff in the airplane toilet, much to the dismay of the stewardesses.
h) Communism may have ended but communist immigration bureaucracy sadly hadn't.
Last edited by CameronPoe (2006-10-11 06:41:54)