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

[Gawwwd]

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.

Me too. Whether things will change, I doubt it, but it’s been in my long list for years.

I've been to Mongolia. Felt perfectly safe.

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.

I agree with you about the US. Also the quantity of XL Bully dogs and other big dog mixes (people use them as guard dogs) unmuzzled I found really worrying when I was out with my toddler. And the amount of drug addicts. I felt safer in Colombia than the US!

Went on a tour to India last year . It was honestly amazing. If you are interested I can send you the details of the company we went with.

I would have loved to visit Syria when it was in its prime.

I feel that even without the current issues so much has been destroyed that it would be depressing.

London these days!

Oh, I disagree about Moscow - how dare you say it's a shithole - I loved it

Iran is getting a few mentions - it's fabulous apart from the ayatollahs!

Why are you afraid of Australian fauna?

I visited the Soviet Union way back in 1987 - stayed in Moscow and Leningrad (flew Aeroflot internally).

Fantastic experience but I bet its like everywhere else now.

These countries for me too. Also Ethiopia for the early Christian churches and Papua New Guinea because the scenery looks stunning.

@Noodledog I went to Ethiopia to visit a friend about a decade ago, it was absolutely amazing - the early Christian churches were stunning. Such a huge amount of history that I'd been completely ignorant of (about?). So friendly, and it seemed like a country on the verge of finally embracing tourism and trade and just getting somewhere. New roads being built - which were transformational - new water systems.

Now....it's such a shame.

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.

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

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

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

@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.

Jordan. Especially Petra

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

India is lovely.

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.

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.

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

Don't be ridiculous

London is safe.

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

Thank you for the recommendation @MrsHamlet 😍