Twenty Of The World’s Most Dangerous Places
The UK Telegraph has a list of twenty places that only the unwary – or in some cases the downright stupid – would choose to visit without a seriously compelling reason to do so. Great photos with the article as well.
Some of them are obvious, like the wonderland of Chechnya (pictured on the front page) or the paradise that is Afghanistan, but some of them on the list are surprising, like Jamaica and our wonderful neighbor to the south, Mexico.
Anyway, here’s the list of places to avoid if you’re not looking for trouble:
Iraq
Chechnya
South Africa
Jamaica
Sudan
Thailand
Colombia
Haiti
Eritea
Democratic Republic of Congo
Liberia
Pakistan
Burundi
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
India
Mexico
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Lebanon
Most of them make the list for obvious reasons, mainly because they’re occupied by murderous lunatics whose idea of free enterprise involve kidnap and murder, sometimes on as large a scale as possible. Others are there just because of the high crime rate and wandering tourists with bulging wallets make yummy targets. And some of them are places that no sane person would go anyway.
I guess I’ll have to rethink that trip to Eritrea. Damn.
