Everybody has a bad vacation story: bad hotel service, bad weather, some food poisoning or maybe even getting mugged. But you know what? If you really want to impress your friends and family you'll have to go a step further. So, what's the worst you could do? I don't know, maybe something like getting asthma, lung cancer, getting kidnapped and some limbs amputated or even dying. Not the smartest thing to do, but when you're trying to impress everybody you have to do a bang-up job! Let's see which 5 vacation spots are the worst: 1. Kwinana, Australia - this is actually a pretty nice spot, close to Perth. Long sandy beaches, nice weather, warm water; it's all fine and dandy unless you stay there for more than a few days. Kwinana is home to an Alcoa refinery, which emit carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, benzene and volatile organic compounds. These things affect everything from fauna to flora and, of course, people. Officially there is no link between these chemicals and an increase in cancer plaguing Alcoa workers, but why don't you go there and test it for the rest of us? Pretty please? 2. Go swimming in Gansbaai, South Africa - this is the "great white shark capital" of the world. It's great when you actually want to go diving for sharks, with a protective cage and all. But when you just go out for a dip and Jaws decides to be the South African welcoming committee, well that's a whole different thing. Still, let's be honest: shark attacks, considering how many people go in the water, are so few and far between that you should be more concerned about getting struck by lightning. So if you want to get lucky you might want to increase your chances with a little cut on your leg or arm (but this is just a suggestion). 3. Columbia - ah, the country of guerillas, cocaine and (your ticket to fame) kidnapping. Although Colombia is the 26th largest country 2 thirds of the world's kidnappings happen here. By looking at the stats you'll see that tourists aren't usually a high priority, but you do have a good chance if you work for a high profile company or are a public person. Those guerillas always need a few extra bucks, so you might as well take a shot. 4. Iraq - I don't think this needs any explaining. War zone, trigger happy military personnel, bombs going off almost everyday - this vacation might not be that fun but it sure would be exciting! 5. Venus - yes, I know, you can't visit other planets... yet. Technical innovations will make it possible (although expensive) to take outer space trips in a few years. So why not plan a visit to Venus? It is a little hot for our current air conditioners at 460 degrees Celsius, so you might want an industrial grade freezer as a temporary home there. Also a chemical oxygen scrubber that recycles your air is a good idea considering that the atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide and nice puffy clouds of sulfuric acid that relflect all the light coming to the planet. And don't forget to always keep moving - the planet's surface is full of active volcanoes. This is the ultimate vacation hotspot and it will likely impress everybody on Earth, not just your friends and family, especially if something happens to you. Now you have to decide: how much of an attention seeker are you? Cancer is dramatic, losing an arm or leg will get you on local TV, but if you could get on another planet and getting burned alive because of the atmosphere is maybe the best thing you could do to get noticed by a whole planet!
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