To ask where you’d love to visit but are too scared to visit.

Gawwwd · 2025-08-04T20:04:19+00:00

Mine is Haiti. Such a fascinating place and such an interesting (and predictably oppressed) history. I would so love to go there, but even if things improved there I’d likely still be far too chicken shit, truth be told.

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Sevenamcoffee · 09/08/2025 08:17

Another one really hoping to be able to go to Russia at some point. I’’ve never really been to the US although I’d like to and I am put off going there at the moment.

FindingMeno · 09/08/2025 08:09

Always wanted to go to Israel. Even when it's not at war I won't go though. I will not give Israel a penny of my money now.

Dery · 08/08/2025 13:20

@Waggytail - yes. It’s not perfect by any means (never was) but I can communicate in it and use it for work. Do you speak it, too?

Waggytail · 05/08/2025 20:56

Dery · 05/08/2025 07:52

Studied Russian at uni and lived in St P for a year and absolutely loved it so am really pleased to see all the references to Russia here. I wouldn’t go at the moment but hope it will be possible to return there in the future.

Would like to visit Iraq and Kashmir but not sure that will ever happen.

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Are you still able to speak Russian?

YelramBob · 05/08/2025 20:50

Apollonia1 · 04/08/2025 21:25

In safer times, I’ve been to a lot of the places mentioned - Lebanon, Iran, Jordan, Colombia, Honduras, Cuba. I’d love the opportunity to go back, also to Syria.

For places I haven’t been to, I’d love to go to Iraq, Kashmir, Venezuela.

Syria's a shit hole. I spent a fortnight there many years ago, Damascus is very beautiful in parts but Aleppo is (or was) pure hell. This was way back in the day of Assad's rule so things were different then, no idea if things have improved since his fall 🫤

Rocknrollstar · 05/08/2025 20:19

KTheGrey · 04/08/2025 21:06

Uzbekistan’s Silk Road. I know several people who have returned unscathed but it is on the ‘don’t go you’ll get kidnapped’ list at the British Consul.

As with many places, I think (hope) it’s safe if you go on a tour. 20 years ago we travelled round Mexico on our own and are very sad to think that what we did - wondering around Oxaca for example - is no longer possible. We visited Russia in 2019 and it was everything I expected but I wouldn’t go now. To be honest, it wasn’t very safe then and we were questioned by the FRS on the train from Moscow to St Petersburg.

JMSA · 05/08/2025 20:01

Well, I would love to go to the Maldives 😁
I wouldn’t be scared at all, but it might feel a bit odd as a singleton. I think of it primarily as a romantic destination.
Still, the thought of an overwater villa for a week with lovely food and all my books …

TreeSturgeon · 05/08/2025 19:53

Jurassic Park.

Genevieva · 05/08/2025 19:52

Libya to see the ancient ruins.

MrsHamlet · 05/08/2025 19:46

WestwardHo1 · 05/08/2025 19:31

Thank you for the recommendation @MrsHamlet 😍

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I can offer recommendations for the Caucuses and Mongolia too :)

WestwardHo1 · 05/08/2025 19:33

FlipFlopShopInHawaii · 05/08/2025 10:57

Why are you afraid of Australian fauna?

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Because it mainly wants to kill you?

WestwardHo1 · 05/08/2025 19:31

MrsHamlet · 05/08/2025 12:57

I cannot recommend Kalpak travel highly enough for the Stans. Send them an email...

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Thank you for the recommendation @MrsHamlet 😍

SpanThatWorld · 05/08/2025 17:18

KnittyNell · 05/08/2025 10:56

London these days!

Don't be ridiculous

London is safe.

Be aware of phone theft but other than that, it's a safe city.

Youdontseehow · 05/08/2025 16:37

Runnersandtoms · 05/08/2025 09:01

If you ever get to go, choose St Pete over Moscow. IMHO Moscow is a grey shithole, St Pete is beautiful.

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Yeah so I’ve heard but I just want to see St Basil’s and Red Square!

RobertaFirmino · 05/08/2025 15:01

Russia. I was writing to a political prisoner there, he'd write back to practise English until he died in jail so I'm worried my name might be on some sort of list.

HolidayHattie · 05/08/2025 14:16

Iran, Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia and Kamchatka (where the recent big earthquake was.) I was booked to go to Kamchatka years ago but the trip was cancelled due to insufficient bookings.

Cinnamonx · 05/08/2025 13:38

Redcrayons · 04/08/2025 21:06

India and Russia

India is lovely.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 05/08/2025 13:35

TreeSturgeon · 04/08/2025 22:11

Russia. I’d love to visit St Petersburg.

Believe me it's everything it's cracked up to be, though the opulence the Tsars treated themselves to would have turned even Margeret Thatcher into a communist

OneForTheRoadThen · 05/08/2025 13:09

Jordan. Especially Petra

Dery · 05/08/2025 13:07

@Youdontseehow - Moscow has a lot of interesting places and some beautiful parts. But as a PP said, if you ever get to Russia in the future, make sure to include St P which is more obviously stunning. Ekaterinburg is lovely, too.

MrsHamlet · 05/08/2025 12:57

WestwardHo1 · 05/08/2025 10:27

I find myself recently single and have been musing on life and the fact that I haven't travelled much. Have been googling group travel for solo travellers and am drawn to Uzbekistan, well all the stans really. Have read a couple of really interesting books on the Silk Road and would love to see some of those cities.

Also partly because I want to see the expression on my mother's face when I breezily tell her I'm off to Uzbekistan. She's scared of any Abroad other than France.

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MrsHamlet · 05/08/2025 12:56

WestwardHo1 · 05/08/2025 10:27

I find myself recently single and have been musing on life and the fact that I haven't travelled much. Have been googling group travel for solo travellers and am drawn to Uzbekistan, well all the stans really. Have read a couple of really interesting books on the Silk Road and would love to see some of those cities.

Also partly because I want to see the expression on my mother's face when I breezily tell her I'm off to Uzbekistan. She's scared of any Abroad other than France.

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I cannot recommend Kalpak travel highly enough for the Stans. Send them an email...

Midnightlove · 05/08/2025 12:45

MrsHamlet · 05/08/2025 10:11

I've been to Mongolia. Felt perfectly safe.

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It's not so much i think it's not safe, but far away and so different I guess. Maybe one day

JHound · 05/08/2025 12:10

LaurieFairyCake · 04/08/2025 22:07

Yeah there’s a whole load of places people have said that are actually safe for tourists because they’re totalitarian states like Saudi/north Korea/china/

still wouldn’t want to go and take part in the charade that it’s all fine, nothing to see here

I don’t want to go anywhere anyone has mentioned apart from maybe Cuba, looks like a great place

I don’t think I would put China in the same category as Saudi or NK.

While China is a “totalitarian state” it does not feel that way particularly. Not sure it felt “safe” just wandering around.