My heart sinks every year when I visit the same hotel in the Canaries, no matter the date, there is always the same group of Germans, 3 vivacious couples, mostly naked, they single me out for the most public, over-enthusiastic, cringeworthy “welcome”. I always assumed they were national TV personalities, in media, on the stage or theatre or similar as they are always so completely OTT.
Met another friend on the beach who confessed they moved to a different hotel just because of this intolerable group - who are all swingers.
In Turkey, I had to rescue a young Russian girl, as an errant older man was pressurising and insisting (falsely) that she was on a naturist beach, and there was no option other than remove her swimsuit.
Various strange men on deserted beaches doing very inappropriate things - so for known previous offenders I now get my companions to pose as though I am taking a scenic photo - deliberately as these men “walk into shot” Once they realise I have “ammunition” and evidence - it proves enough of a deterrent to put a stop to it.
In Budapest, the hot spring baths, I noticed a local following me around and at close quarters, also noticed through my diving mask that he was doing things with his hands and genitals under water - had to report that to the attendant - with plenty of pointing and gesticulating in his direction.
In Turkey some UK Luton-based extremists were refused entry to the country and forcibly put on our returnThomas Cook flight home in spare seats. They loudly announced that the plane “would be going down”, the aircraft captain refused to take off. There were later convictions in a UK court case...
An Arabic French speaking chap, who thought I was walking the beach alone in Spain, started verbally and aggressively threatening me (he didn’t know my friends were following). I squared up to him and replied assertively in poor Spanish - he was a bit floored to think he had picked on a “local” - and backed off. I am still frightened now.
The list goes on...