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If it's not bad enough I really hope sex tourism doesn't boom in Cambodia. I know they're poor but it's sordid and causes a lot of damage to their society.
you do realize that sex tourists were there before the recent influx of tourists, right? and if anything, the fact that cambodia is poor is the main reason sex tourists haven't completely overrun the place. if the govt wasn't dependent on aid, then all those anti-trafficking NGO's would have been kicked out of the country long ago.
looking at the numbers
thailand
population: 70 million
international tourists arrivals: 22 million/year
cambodia
population: 13 million
international tourist arrivals: 4 million/year
lao
population: 6.5 million
international tourist arrivals: 1.5 million/year
comparatively speaking, vietnam and the philippines don't seem as saturated with tourists (although i realize VN is in the middle of a ridiculous tourist boom and will prolly be over 10 million tourists arrivals per year by 2020)
vietnam
population: 90 million
international tourist arrivals: 5 million
philippines
population: 95 million
international tourist arrivals: 4 million
Any place of this bloody world has its own special characteristics, in my opinion what makes the difference is your wallet. I know a guy who wanted to travel around the world but he had no money nor to buy toilet paper, (which is why I never shook hands with him ), I tried to make him understand that the good places are like beautiful women ... very expensive, but he does not understand and continues to annoy me
And your shallow comment about women annoys me.
I travel the world and I'm certainly not rich, I do it on the cheap and have lovely times.
Except for a tank of gas, I spent less than $50 this past weekend, including accommodations to hang out in a castle area of the Czech Republic.
Rome- Aw god I could not stand that place. There were not very many children (something i did not like), there were alot of beggars on the streets and there were far too many motorbikes, alot of the riders would drive over you.
Rome- Aw god I could not stand that place. There were not very many children (something i did not like), there were alot of beggars on the streets and there were far too many motorbikes, alot of the riders would drive over you.
After living in Rome for five years, I agree: living there means fighting with crazy drivers
Rome is a chaotic rush hour that lasts 24 hours per day, 7 days per week...
I would have to say Vietnam. My wife and I had several very creepy experiences with the Vietnamese, although not really very dangerous or threatening, just weird. Nothing like it had ever happened in any other SEAsian country. Also, I've never been in any country where the systematic effort to relieve us of dollars was so pervasive. It was like the US $20 bill was the only coin in circulation, and no matter what we wanted, the price was twenty bucks.
I hasten to add that I never had any sense that it was payback for the war. All western travelers were treated the same, and at least superficially, the Vietnamese have put the war behind them and forgotten about it. Most Vietnamese were pleasant and friendly, but there is a thread of something scary running through the population, which is waiting to be tripped over by the traveler. Also, as I found out later, the Laotians despise and fear the Vietnamese.
The worst place that I've ever visited was Italy. I was recently in Italy in June, I stayed for 10 days. I flew to Italy from Turkey. After being in Turkey for 10 days and then going to Italy and seeing the contrast I felt like crying. Turkey is a beautiful very clean and friendly country. I enjoyed myself so much thee that I didn't want to leave. However I'd heard so many great things about Italy, that I thought I was in for another treat.... Yeah right what a joke... Italy is dirty, covered with graffiti and it smells. The food isn't good at all, okay I will say that they have the best ice cream that I have ever tasted, but other then that it's just bread bread bread and pasta. I was very disappointed because I felt like I got ripped off....Italy gets way more hype then it deserves...i was so glad to leave.....I have travelled all over the world and I must say that Italy is on the bottom of my list.
The worst place that I've ever visited was Italy. I was recently in Italy in June, I stayed for 10 days. I flew to Italy from Turkey. After being in Turkey for 10 days and then going to Italy and seeing the contrast I felt like crying. Turkey is a beautiful very clean and friendly country. I enjoyed myself so much thee that I didn't want to leave. However I'd heard so many great things about Italy, that I thought I was in for another treat.... Yeah right what a joke... Italy is dirty, covered with graffiti and it smells. The food isn't good at all, okay I will say that they have the best ice cream that I have ever tasted, but other then that it's just bread bread bread and pasta. I was very disappointed because I felt like I got ripped off....Italy gets way more hype then it deserves...i was so glad to leave.....I have travelled all over the world and I must say that Italy is on the bottom of my list.
Where did you go in Italy?
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Originally Posted by MichelleMyBelle1
Italy is dirty, covered with graffiti and it smells.
The only place in Italy I visited that really fits this description is Florence, but I still enjoyed it anyways.
And there was much more to eat than bread and pasta...
For me it's a tossup between Las Vegas and Orlando. Bombastic, fake and trafficked by some of the most disgustingly fat people I've ever seen.
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