Don’t Go There!

Places in the world NOT to visit

Don't Go There!

Have you had a trip or vacation that just went horribly wrong? We want to know...if there is a hotel, airline, town, city, state or vacation spot you would avoid like the plague, let us know here.

Archive for November, 2008

Dirty & Dangerous Looking Pasay City, Manila

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

I had traveled to the Philippines with my lady about a month ago & we stayed in the vicinity of Pasay City. Unfortunately, the area is pretty much a slum where you can see a lot of poor people by the roadsides especially at night. Additionally, the local jeep vehicles used for cheap transportation are parked in large numbers [...]

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The Peter Greenberg Song

Monday, November 24th, 2008

From the nice folks in Ashland, Virginia:

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Chat Live With Peter

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Chat live with Peter about his new book “Don’t Go There” right here November 14th at 8:30 EST / 5:30 Pacific.
Your chance to get answers to all your travel related questions!

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Don’t Go There: Some Places That Stink.

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Well, at least they smell. These are just a few of the places found in Peter Greenberg’s new book:
HEREFORD, TEXAS
Hereford, Texas, is proudly called by many in this region “The Saudi Arabia of cattle manure,” with more than 3.5 million meat and dairy cows within a 100-mile radius of the city. With just 154,5000 [...]

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This hotel had to shell out several million dollars after one couple sued them on allegations that they had been infested with bugs from their five-night stay. The couple claimed to have awoken to bug bites all over them! After returning home, they discovered that the nasty insects had stowed away in their luggage and [...]

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Stay Away From Kabwe, Zambia

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Lead from the old mine seeps up through the soil and into the atmosphere, clogging the air and infecting people with heavy metal toxins. Open quarries and scrap metal litter the ground. This environment is most a problem of children, as longtime exposure leads to dire results. Their lead count ranges from 60 to 120 [...]

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Peter Greenberg Live Chat Here!

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

The author of “Don’t Go There!” will be chatting live here as well as on his own website: 
http://petergreenberg.com/
The chat will happen at 8:30PM EST on Friday, November 14th!

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What’s your expectancy of a beach? Sun? Surf? Sand? How about miles and miles of plastic? The shore of Kamilo Beach, located on Hawaii’s Big Island, actually has a new type of sand with plastic grains embedded into the rest. This collects at the surface of the beach and makes it very hard to have [...]

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Westin Europa & Regina, Venice: The 6th floor smelled like a sewer, the carpet was torn and filthy, the room needed painting. When I complained to Tauck World Discovery and Westin I received a perfunctory reply that did not address the problem, it is my opinion that no one [cares].
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Don’t Go To San Joaquin Valley, California

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Nestled near both San Francisco and Los Angeles, this valley is like a bowl of pollution stew. All of the smog from the major cities carries over and settle in the lower area, mingling with the heavy diesel pollution from the local agriculture communities. One of its cities, Arvin, has been dubbed by the U.S. [...]

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