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By *NawtyCpl OP   Couple
over a year ago

Around and about

I enjoyed this thread in The Lounge, thought it might be fun in here.

So where have you visited or gone on holidays to that you would NEVER return to?

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By *ilthyNightsCouple
over a year ago

East / North, Cork

Luton

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Giants Causeway

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Donegal. It’s a doggie old place

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By *NawtyCpl OP   Couple
over a year ago

Around and about


"Donegal. It’s a doggie old place "

the locals can mind ya

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dublin hopefully

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By *NawtyCpl OP   Couple
over a year ago

Around and about

Milan, had my bag stolen and the city was just full of designer shops, boring.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Donegal. It’s a doggie old place

the locals can mind ya"

It’s them I’m on about

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By *aint_or_SinnerWoman
over a year ago

South County Dublin

The past

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By *onderingpurposeMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Lurgan/Carrickfergus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't think there's anywhere I wouldn't revisit, few people I wouldn't revisit

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Larne

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Dundalk....fuckin kip

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

I don’t think there is any place I wouldn’t revisit

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By *Belfast_FellaMan
over a year ago

belfast

Dominican Republic. It was very pretty and I had a nice time but it was one of those places where you just felt that they were putting the arm in everywhere you went. You had to pay both an entry fee and exit fee on arrival and departure from the country, so it was just continual.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bangalore. Fucking head wreck of a place

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By *asual777Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

Brussels . Somewhat pointless

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By *arpenter.Man
over a year ago

Dublin

Tescos

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By *antra MassageMan
over a year ago

South Side.

DRC, the heart of darkness.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A restaurant where i got big bone in my chicken wrap and i hate bones. Huge turn off for the place now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Me too I think my beer was today fmore expensive from 1.65 to 2.50 wtf ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Benidorm

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By *organ DeanWoman
over a year ago

Belfast

Cheyenne Wyoming, fkn bleak.

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By *organ DeanWoman
over a year ago

Belfast


"Don't think there's anywhere I wouldn't revisit, few people I wouldn't revisit "

I have a few of them myself, wonder wth I was thinking at the time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Don't think there's anywhere I wouldn't revisit, few people I wouldn't revisit

I have a few of them myself, wonder wth I was thinking at the time "

Oh we all have a few of them ones lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prison

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By *ay_Gatsby_D4Man
over a year ago

City Centre, Dublin

Madam Taussauds

OMG that waxwork of a person looks like the person it’s a waxwork of!

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By *organ DeanWoman
over a year ago

Belfast


"Madam Taussauds

OMG that waxwork of a person looks like the person it’s a waxwork of! "

The thought of it gives me the heebies.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down


"The Giants Causeway "

Since my only visit to this much-lauded tourist attraction decades ago, I agree with Doctor Samuel Johnson's critique of TGC.

"Worth seeing, but not worth going to see!"

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By *osmicGateMan
over a year ago

louth


"Dundalk....fuckin kip "

It's a great wee town

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By *omebirdWoman
over a year ago

N7

London.

Not for me at all!

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By *lassy lady 216Woman
over a year ago

Craigavon

Whats wrong witg lurgan very fond of my wee town people are great craic

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over a year ago

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By *rankbMan
over a year ago

around


"Whats wrong witg lurgan very fond of my wee town people are great craic "

And some of them even have a great crack!

Was in Detroit once - very depressing place, awful poverty

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hamburg! Found the people there weird and not very friendly!

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By *iktikiCouple
over a year ago

cork

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By *iktikiCouple
over a year ago

cork

Stevenage

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down


"Whats wrong witg lurgan very fond of my wee town people are great craic

And some of them even have a great crack!

Was in Detroit once - very depressing place, awful poverty"

I really love 1960s Motown music, but Detroit Michigan now more resembles a third world country with pervasive poverty and decay, than the former Motortown that was at the very heart of American prosperity, American popular music and the so-called American Dream.

It is now derided as the Rust Belt of America.

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By *tockings199Couple
over a year ago

Waterford

Church to get married again lol

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By *onderingpurposeMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Skelmersdale and Milton Keynes (English edition)

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By *rmrs1234Couple
over a year ago

Waterford

Trabolgan. Paying the extra for centre parcs will be worth it

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

East Berlin. I crossed over the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie, controlled by the American Army, and then across the Death Zone which was then guarded by 9,000 Ovtcharkas (dogs).

East Berlin, at that time had barely changed since WW2, and was one of the most intimidating places to visit; Stasis police everywhere.

Since 1991, I can never visit East Berlin ever again, because the USSR controlled DDR no longer exists, mercifully.

As one resident said of his life in East Berlin,"We live like dogs here, constantly under surveillance by the Stasi."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

New York, complete and utter rip off.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"Trabolgan. Paying the extra for centre parcs will be worth it"

God brought my first 2 to Trabolban 20 odd years ago but thought it was heaven after Butlins Mosney

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By *3nsesMan
over a year ago

Dublin

Venice. Glad to tick it off the bucket list but nothing of note to go back to.

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By *uckoldDesiresMan
over a year ago

Dublin

Paris. Completely and utterly overrated.

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By *ilderMan
over a year ago

dublin

Inverness

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Once fitted out a Dunnes Stores in Billingham in the 90's....never wanted to go back

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By *hio76Man
over a year ago

leinster

Crete, just because of the toilets,gagging just thinking about it

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By *rmrs1234Couple
over a year ago

Waterford


"Trabolgan. Paying the extra for centre parcs will be worth it

God brought my first 2 to Trabolban 20 odd years ago but thought it was heaven after Butlins Mosney "

Had fond memories of it when i was younger (captain croc club lol) it was abysmal when we went a couple of years. Actually ended up coming home early. Made a complaint. Management didnt give a shit

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Khabarovsk, in the Russian Far East, just across the River Amur from China; and one railway stop away from Vladivostok on the Trans-Siberian Express railway to Moscow.

A bleak city, pot-holed roads, soviet-style high rise buildings and fear etched on the populace's faces.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Israel..

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By *eanbelfastMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Lough Derg

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down


"Lough Derg "

Do you mean the place near Pettigo where people (of faith) voluntarily starve themsemes, walk barefoot over muddy stones, and stay in a windswept building that resembles a Victorian-era prison, with the objective of somehow strengthening their delusional belief in a fabricated shepherd from Wales.

Formerly, elderly Catholics used to speak approvingly of this island on a lake, but I haven't heard Saint Patrick's Purgatory mentioned in decades, especially in mainstream Irish media.

Have young people come to their senses and are staying away?

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By *arajeanCouple
over a year ago

mayo

Newcastle in england

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By *hronicleMan
over a year ago

Kilkenny

Temple Bar. It was the most overrated spot but for the name sake I had to check it out. Never again!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Temple Bar. It was the most overrated spot but for the name sake I had to check it out. Never again! "

Yes I’m with you on this Kip

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By *affa31Woman
over a year ago

Galway

The Vatican. Creeped me out and the most disgusting toilets I’m ever experienced

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down


"The Vatican. Creeped me out and the most disgusting toilets I’m ever experienced "

I note the The Pope, the head of an organisation that still regards women with the Catholic Church as second class citizens, and that abused and exploited Irish catholic girls for generations has issued a New Year international press release about violence against women in society.

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By *ara198Woman
over a year ago

maynooth

NYC, dirty, chaotic, robbery

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"The Vatican. Creeped me out and the most disgusting toilets I’m ever experienced "

Thats because they don't allow women so they never designed toilets for them

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork


"I don’t think there is any place I wouldn’t revisit "

Actually I have thought of a place and that would be the war museum in Ho Chi Minh city. I don’t regret going, it was an eye opening experience and I would recommend it but having seen it I wouldn’t want to go back.

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By *affa31Woman
over a year ago

Galway


"The Vatican. Creeped me out and the most disgusting toilets I’m ever experienced

Thats because they don't allow women so they never designed toilets for them "

More the rivers of piss. They don’t seem to be a big fan of cleaning

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"The Vatican. Creeped me out and the most disgusting toilets I’m ever experienced

Thats because they don't allow women so they never designed toilets for them

More the rivers of piss. They don’t seem to be a big fan of cleaning"

And this can of lager was going down so well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Crete, just because of the toilets,gagging just thinking about it "

Been there, never again. The toilet process was disgusting.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

This question was asked online today

The leading answer so far is " my ex wife's vagina "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Lough Derg "

I actually took a wee drive to here last year and it was one of the most peaceful tranquil places, I've ever been. We just sat on the pier watching a guy fish, it was an amazing sunny evening.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Turkey

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By *atience178Couple
over a year ago

Dublin

Tunisia

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By *he SophisticatsCouple
over a year ago

Casa Del Fun


"DRC, the heart of darkness. "

Was there for 5 months back in 94,

Definitely not a pleasant place to be based/work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


""Worth seeing, but not worth going to see!" "

There you go Jubal, the funniest thing you've ever posted and it's a quote by someone else

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By *onderingpurposeMan
over a year ago

Belfast


"The Vatican. Creeped me out and the most disgusting toilets I’m ever experienced

Thats because they don't allow women so they never designed toilets for them

More the rivers of piss. They don’t seem to be a big fan of cleaning"

Cleanliness clearly not next to Godliness then

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down


""Worth seeing, but not worth going to see!"

There you go Jubal, the funniest thing you've ever posted and it's a quote by someone else "

It's one of the best quotes I have ever come across; I first heard that quote in a English Literature class a long time ago.

Dr. Johnson was a very erudite educated man, who was widely travelled in his time, and widely quoted.

It aptly describes the Giant's Causeway; I would never go to see it again.

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

London I lived there for a summer when I was a lot younger and hated it.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down


" NYC, dirty, chaotic, robbery "

During an earlier part of my life, I managed to get Green Card, and went to live in New York.

I hated the place: at that time it was indeed dirty, corrupt, crime-ridden, pervasively dangerous, and best avoided.

It tainted my view of that enormous diverse country.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rome, dirty , extremely over priced, rude staff

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The most distressing place I ever visited was the Nazi's (very first) Dachau Concentration Camp just outside Munich in Bavaria.

It brought me to tears; the evil insanity of a massive facility designed to intern, subjugate, humiliate, dispossess and ultimately murder personae non gratae (unwelcome people) from a formerly cultured European society.

If you go to one of these Nazi camps once, you won't want to return!

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By *ezoMan
over a year ago

The Kingdom


"Trabolgan. Paying the extra for centre parcs will be worth it

God brought my first 2 to Trabolban 20 odd years ago but thought it was heaven after Butlins Mosney

Had fond memories of it when i was younger (captain croc club lol) it was abysmal when we went a couple of years. Actually ended up coming home early. Made a complaint. Management didnt give a shit"

Ah another who was a part of the Captain Croc Club. I remember back in the day fondly in Trabolgan. But things were different in those days.

Place I would never revisit, Connecticut. While I did meet 4 lovely ladies from there and in general the people I met were nice and a joy to talk to, the place was abysmal.

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By *organ DeanWoman
over a year ago

Belfast


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Place I would never revisit, Connecticut. While I did meet 4 lovely ladies from there and in general the people I met were nice and a joy to talk to, the place was abysmal."

I lived there briefly, would have to agree.

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By *onderingpurposeMan
over a year ago

Belfast


"Rome, dirty , extremely over priced, rude staff"

I have to disagree wholeheartedly

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By *NawtyCpl OP   Couple
over a year ago

Around and about


"Rome, dirty , extremely over priced, rude staff

I have to disagree wholeheartedly"

Have to agree, Rome is one of my fav city breaks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Temple Bar. It was the most overrated spot but for the name sake I had to check it out. Never again!

Yes I’m with you on this Kip "

Was great years ago. Now it's too commercialised and reeks of piss.

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By *illbillMan
over a year ago

dublin

The worst weekend of my life was in luton

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By *illbillMan
over a year ago

dublin


"Luton"
snap

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By *ezoMan
over a year ago

The Kingdom


"Temple Bar. It was the most overrated spot but for the name sake I had to check it out. Never again!

Yes I’m with you on this Kip

Was great years ago. Now it's too commercialised and reeks of piss. "

Never been, and probably never will, heard it is just a tourist trap. Had a sibling go there, say it was God awful and vow against ever going there again.

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By *eanbelfastMan
over a year ago

Belfast


"Lough Derg

I actually took a wee drive to here last year and it was one of the most peaceful tranquil places, I've ever been. We just sat on the pier watching a guy fish, it was an amazing sunny evening. "

For scenery etc it is tranquil and even beautiful but as pilgrimage ohhhh noooooooo

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By *kcoupleCouple
over a year ago

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Two cities in South America. Matanzas in Cuba, an industrial port city away from tourist areas. We were lucky to get out the there in one piece. Abject poverty and the side of Cuba they don't want you to see.

Belfast, we been really unlucky or its just a kip. I've had work vans damaged because of the Southern reg plates. Been spat at and abused for being dubs (we aren't dubs ) and the night of her graduation in Belfast we got more of the same while out for drinks and the bar man in the well know pub said if we aren't okay with that type of attention we should f*#k off back down south...so we did. Beautiful city but Jesus it needs a lot more chill. Hopefully this year we will get to experience some more terrible towns

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vegas & Knock Shrine!

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By *oxic1998Woman
over a year ago

Belfast


"Rome, dirty , extremely over priced, rude staff

I have to disagree wholeheartedly

Have to agree, Rome is one of my fav city breaks"

I love Rome too

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By *1n_eaterMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

Kenya. Horrible smelly country. Had the sh1tes the whole time I was there

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"Kenya. Horrible smelly country. Had the sh1tes the whole time I was there "

Are the 2 things related by any chance

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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago

on the hill NordWest of

Anywhere I've to sit longer than 4 hours in the plane.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Roscommon and Auschwitz, both bleak places

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By *onderingpurposeMan
over a year ago

Belfast


"Roscommon and Auschwitz, both bleak places "

Oh the Rossie Posse are gonna whoop your ass

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Roscommon and Auschwitz, both bleak places

Oh the Rossie Posse are gonna whoop your ass"

Have to drag themselves out of the swamp first

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By *osmicGateMan
over a year ago

louth


"Two cities in South America. Matanzas in Cuba, an industrial port city away from tourist areas. We were lucky to get out the there in one piece. Abject poverty and the side of Cuba they don't want you to see.

Belfast, we been really unlucky or its just a kip. I've had work vans damaged because of the Southern reg plates. Been spat at and abused for being dubs (we aren't dubs ) and the night of her graduation in Belfast we got more of the same while out for drinks and the bar man in the well know pub said if we aren't okay with that type of attention we should f*#k off back down south...so we did. Beautiful city but Jesus it needs a lot more chill. Hopefully this year we will get to experience some more terrible towns "

Bigotry is still strong in the 6 counties I see

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By *s LollyWoman
over a year ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Cairo - Horrible place and slezy men....

Tunisia - Same as above...

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By *onderingpurposeMan
over a year ago

Belfast


"Two cities in South America. Matanzas in Cuba, an industrial port city away from tourist areas. We were lucky to get out the there in one piece. Abject poverty and the side of Cuba they don't want you to see.

Belfast, we been really unlucky or its just a kip. I've had work vans damaged because of the Southern reg plates. Been spat at and abused for being dubs (we aren't dubs ) and the night of her graduation in Belfast we got more of the same while out for drinks and the bar man in the well know pub said if we aren't okay with that type of attention we should f*#k off back down south...so we did. Beautiful city but Jesus it needs a lot more chill. Hopefully this year we will get to experience some more terrible towns "

You just need a better tour guide next time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Inverness "
Oh no! That's one of my favourite places

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By *ARRYGOODMan
over a year ago

Leixlip

This site and Cork

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Lutonsnap"

Add in Watford, Stevenage and Hatfield. Awful shit holes.

Reading and Slough, 2 other kips.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Lutonsnap

Add in Watford, Stevenage and Hatfield. Awful shit holes.

Reading and Slough, 2 other kips. "

Ever been to Peterborough?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Larne & Morocco in no particular order.

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By *ant111Man
over a year ago

Dublin 6

we're not talking swingers clubs here are we ?

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By *ezoMan
over a year ago

The Kingdom


"Two cities in South America. Matanzas in Cuba, an industrial port city away from tourist areas. We were lucky to get out the there in one piece. Abject poverty and the side of Cuba they don't want you to see.

Belfast, we been really unlucky or its just a kip. I've had work vans damaged because of the Southern reg plates. Been spat at and abused for being dubs (we aren't dubs ) and the night of her graduation in Belfast we got more of the same while out for drinks and the bar man in the well know pub said if we aren't okay with that type of attention we should f*#k off back down south...so we did. Beautiful city but Jesus it needs a lot more chill. Hopefully this year we will get to experience some more terrible towns

Bigotry is still strong in the 6 counties I see "

Yup and the brexit will not be helping the situation. No offense to those from Northern Ireland.

I remember a story from someone I know where mobs of people would swarm their house in the North hurl stones and abuse.

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By *ezoMan
over a year ago

The Kingdom


"

we're not talking swingers clubs here are we ?"

Well if there's a particular swingers club you visited and would never go back to I'd say it falls under the category.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lourdes, France. There some 10 years ago as a carer 3 times.

Done it but never go back...no fun for little time off, if you know what I mean...haha.

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down


"Two cities in South America. Matanzas in Cuba, an industrial port city away from tourist areas. We were lucky to get out the there in one piece. Abject poverty and the side of Cuba they don't want you to see.

Belfast, we been really unlucky or its just a kip. I've had work vans damaged because of the Southern reg plates. Been spat at and abused for being dubs (we aren't dubs ) and the night of her graduation in Belfast we got more of the same while out for drinks and the bar man in the well know pub said if we aren't okay with that type of attention we should f*#k off back down south...so we did. Beautiful city but Jesus it needs a lot more chill. Hopefully this year we will get to experience some more terrible towns

Bigotry is still strong in the 6 counties I see

Yup and the brexit will not be helping the situation. No offense to those from Northern Ireland.

I remember a story from someone I know where mobs of people would swarm their house in the North hurl stones and abuse."

I've lived up here for years and I've never had anyone give me grief at any stage even on nights out in Belfast .

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By *organ DeanWoman
over a year ago

Belfast


"Two cities in South America. Matanzas in Cuba, an industrial port city away from tourist areas. We were lucky to get out the there in one piece. Abject poverty and the side of Cuba they don't want you to see.

Belfast, we been really unlucky or its just a kip. I've had work vans damaged because of the Southern reg plates. Been spat at and abused for being dubs (we aren't dubs ) and the night of her graduation in Belfast we got more of the same while out for drinks and the bar man in the well know pub said if we aren't okay with that type of attention we should f*#k off back down south...so we did. Beautiful city but Jesus it needs a lot more chill. Hopefully this year we will get to experience some more terrible towns

Bigotry is still strong in the 6 counties I see

Yup and the brexit will not be helping the situation. No offense to those from Northern Ireland.

I remember a story from someone I know where mobs of people would swarm their house in the North hurl stones and abuse."

Wow that is awful, certainly more than enough to put people off coming to the North.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wasn't pushed on Colombo. The rest of Sri Lanka is gorgeous though.

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By *kcoupleCouple
over a year ago

.....


"Two cities in South America. Matanzas in Cuba, an industrial port city away from tourist areas. We were lucky to get out the there in one piece. Abject poverty and the side of Cuba they don't want you to see.

Belfast, we been really unlucky or its just a kip. I've had work vans damaged because of the Southern reg plates. Been spat at and abused for being dubs (we aren't dubs ) and the night of her graduation in Belfast we got more of the same while out for drinks and the bar man in the well know pub said if we aren't okay with that type of attention we should f*#k off back down south...so we did. Beautiful city but Jesus it needs a lot more chill. Hopefully this year we will get to experience some more terrible towns

Bigotry is still strong in the 6 counties I see

Yup and the brexit will not be helping the situation. No offense to those from Northern Ireland.

I remember a story from someone I know where mobs of people would swarm their house in the North hurl stones and abuse.

I've lived up here for years and I've never had anyone give me grief at any stage even on nights out in Belfast ."

I worked in Belfast on and off for donkeys years, had a base there for 17 years and maybe it's just because it's more male in groups thinking the have a historic point to prove. I've never had one of our female employees complain about abuse but we kept a tab for insurance and over 30k worth of damage to cars vans and equipment. Not a single cent of damage at any of our other four bases in the country. We closed out doors there in 2018 for staff safety issues, don't regret it for second.

I've made some life long friends from my time there and I'm sure there are people with far more positive stories than I have. That said it's just got a bad vibe about it if you are from the south. No joy in a city where you have to actively watch yourself and your accent on a night out. Hopefully things will change in time but right now there's not a hope I would bring family up

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By *ilderMan
over a year ago

dublin


"Inverness Oh no! That's one of my favourite places"

I found the People to appear a bit inbred ??. I know it's very cut off and all that but I got a bad vibe off the place. Went to a nightclub and had a meathead want to start a fight with me, thankfully I dodged that but even up to that point I wasn't impressed. I met a scot a few years later that lived there for a while herself, she wasn't surprised by my story.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Casablanca, Graverberge, Milan

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By *aucyladMan
over a year ago

Dublin

Tunisia

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"Casablanca, Graverberge, Milan"

Milan on my list to visit...what was wrong with it

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By *ant111Man
over a year ago

Dublin 6

Any experiences in the UK have been good in fairness.. think they do the idea better over there

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By *ondalingerMan
over a year ago

City center

The past, full of nothingness

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By *issme39Woman
over a year ago

kildare

I didn't enjoy London! found the place so cold ( not weather wise cold) people not friendly, no one talks to you , too fast paced ( hark at the auld County girl giving out )

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By *ant111Man
over a year ago

Dublin 6


"I didn't enjoy London! found the place so cold ( not weather wise cold) people not friendly, no one talks to you , too fast paced ( hark at the auld County girl giving out )

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By *ant111Man
over a year ago

Dublin 6


"I didn't enjoy London! found the place so cold ( not weather wise cold) people not friendly, no one talks to you , too fast paced ( hark at the auld County girl giving out )

"

Found they had less hang ups over there. Swinging now. Maybe they've been doing it a bit longer. No bulmers and tayto and back to the hotel room .

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over a year ago


"Milan, had my bag stolen and the city was just full of designer shops, boring. "

Gotta agree with you, worth maybe a day trip but that's all.

Though if anyone is thinking of heading that way, lake como is great. Only about an hour by train north

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"Milan, had my bag stolen and the city was just full of designer shops, boring.

Gotta agree with you, worth maybe a day trip but that's all.

Though if anyone is thinking of heading that way, lake como is great. Only about an hour by train north "

I wanted to see a painting of The last supper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Sleazy part of Ibiza

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By *absparksMan
over a year ago

dublin

Thats half the charm of NYC

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By *abbingMan
over a year ago

Belfast


"Two cities in South America. Matanzas in Cuba, an industrial port city away from tourist areas. We were lucky to get out the there in one piece. Abject poverty and the side of Cuba they don't want you to see.

Belfast, we been really unlucky or its just a kip. I've had work vans damaged because of the Southern reg plates. Been spat at and abused for being dubs (we aren't dubs ) and the night of her graduation in Belfast we got more of the same while out for drinks and the bar man in the well know pub said if we aren't okay with that type of attention we should f*#k off back down south...so we did. Beautiful city but Jesus it needs a lot more chill. Hopefully this year we will get to experience some more terrible towns

Bigotry is still strong in the 6 counties I see

Yup and the brexit will not be helping the situation. No offense to those from Northern Ireland.

I remember a story from someone I know where mobs of people would swarm their house in the North hurl stones and abuse.

I've lived up here for years and I've never had anyone give me grief at any stage even on nights out in Belfast .

I worked in Belfast on and off for donkeys years, had a base there for 17 years and maybe it's just because it's more male in groups thinking the have a historic point to prove. I've never had one of our female employees complain about abuse but we kept a tab for insurance and over 30k worth of damage to cars vans and equipment. Not a single cent of damage at any of our other four bases in the country. We closed out doors there in 2018 for staff safety issues, don't regret it for second.

I've made some life long friends from my time there and I'm sure there are people with far more positive stories than I have. That said it's just got a bad vibe about it if you are from the south. No joy in a city where you have to actively watch yourself and your accent on a night out. Hopefully things will change in time but right now there's not a hope I would bring family up"

wow, that sounds grim - maybe Im naive but Ive had some mates from Dublin, Galway and Louth visit Belfast many times over the years with no issues, - but to be fair having lived in Belfast for many years, I wouldnt ever go out or visit the parts of the city where you would tend to find the sorts of knuckle draggers that would cause that sort of trouble and thankfully I've never encountered it!

It never ceases to amaze me that there are parts of belfast where the locals have never been out for a night in the city centre....and selfishly I hope that continues, as they are exactly the type of folk who will have been hurling the abuse!

I could be wrong but I'd be surprised if the brexit thing was any sort of factor - the majority of NI voted against it and those who are making currently making most noise about it were those that supported the project all along!

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By *abbingMan
over a year ago

Belfast

For an experience I'd say the holocaust museum in Berlin - genuinely harrowing to see what people went though just a generation ago. Worth seeing out of respect for the suffering, but wouldnt want to revist it.

Destination wise I'd add my vote for New york

It was an experience seeing the madness of it all but not somewhere I'd want to return as it was manic, unfriendly and stupidly expensive

Passing what I presume was a homeless person shitting into a newspaper in the middle of the footpath, at 2pm in the afternoon just round the corner from my ridiculous over priced Manhattan hotel was a particular highlight

I suppose he at least used a newspaper!!

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By *dfabMan
over a year ago

Dunboyne

Halong Bay!

Beautiful out on the water seeing the limestone columns and a few beaches.

Not so good if you stay there and have to dodge the rats on the mainland

Just do the day trip from Hanoi

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely agree. It was smaller than expected

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By *ightRideherMan
over a year ago

Waterford

Malta

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Louvre in Paris. Nice place but waaaaay too many steps

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By *scouple07Couple
over a year ago

louth, Ireland

Venice, place stunk of sewage

Mr

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork


"Halong Bay!

Beautiful out on the water seeing the limestone columns and a few beaches.

Not so good if you stay there and have to dodge the rats on the mainland

Just do the day trip from Hanoi "

I did an over night trip while in Hanoi and stayed on the boat. One of the most beautiful places I’ve seen

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By *eisurepleasureMan
over a year ago

belfast

Strabane

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By *andsomebondMan
over a year ago

gorey

Amsterdam, it's a filthy kip.

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By *usietranslutTV/TS
over a year ago

carlow


"Venice, place stunk of sewage

Mr"

Agree - the aul septic tanks don’t work great underwater!!

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"Amsterdam, it's a filthy kip. "

It just goes to show how different we all see things...love Amsterdam and never noticed much filth to be honest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cairo and Giza

Poverty and dirt is dire, why can they have so much military and not look after basic stuff.

How people live there, the chaos. Knowing if you ate a salad you were looking for a holiday to the loo.

Never again!

Giza, so looked forward to the incredible sight of the pyramids but it is spoilt by the hasslers, beggars and assholes.

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By *easingTimMan
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

Seattle...

Film should have been called...

BORED SH1TLESS IN SEATTLE

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By *s LollyWoman
over a year ago

The pub then supermacs ...


"Cairo and Giza

Poverty and dirt is dire, why can they have so much military and not look after basic stuff.

How people live there, the chaos. Knowing if you ate a salad you were looking for a holiday to the loo.

Never again!

Giza, so looked forward to the incredible sight of the pyramids but it is spoilt by the hasslers, beggars and assholes. "

This 100%

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

Ever been to Peterborough? "

I haven’t, been to Cambridge.

Nowhere near as bad as some of the other towns I mentioned in Hertfordshire.

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By * la carteCouple
over a year ago

Dublin


"Venice, place stunk of sewage

Mr

Agree - the aul septic tanks don’t work great underwater!!"

I remember seeing an Asian couple getting married in St Marc's square in November years ago, everything flooded. They were literally knee deep in water. God, I felt sorry for them...

I never understood why it's romanticised as it is. The place was a kip...in my humble opinion.

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By *asual777Man
over a year ago

i travel all over


"I didn't enjoy London! found the place so cold ( not weather wise cold) people not friendly, no one talks to you , too fast paced ( hark at the auld County girl giving out )

"

I am biased but it’s magnificent . Completely unaffordable though

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere


"Cairo and Giza

Poverty and dirt is dire, why can they have so much military and not look after basic stuff.

How people live there, the chaos. Knowing if you ate a salad you were looking for a holiday to the loo.

Never again!

Giza, so looked forward to the incredible sight of the pyramids but it is spoilt by the hasslers, beggars and assholes.

This 100% "

Ha ha....glad I'm not the only one

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By *addywhackerMan
over a year ago

Derry

Roscommon, I spent a week there one night

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