Great Travel Spots

I saw this on CNN's home page. The link read as "Most Dangerous Countries: These countries market themselves aggresively as tourist destinations. But is the risk worth the trip?" After I list the countries they tell you to stay away from, you'll probably think the same as me..."Who the hell would want to go to these countries?"

Each slide has the "allure" for each destination. I will share.

1. Pakistan. Are you serious? This place is invested with Al-qaeda and Taliban. WHY WOULD ANYONE CHOOSE THIS AS A VACATION? Travel Leisure I am beginning to hate you.

2. Sudan. "The Allure: Dip your toes into the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile." Can't I see the Nile in Egypt. And doesn't Egypt not contain a place, named Darfur. If your idea of leisure vacation is 6 months of volunteering for malaria than this is the place for you.

3. Georgia. The Allure: ..."described as the Alps meet the Mediterranean, offering everything from winery tours to heli-skiing." When you're surrounded by Russian tanks. Relaxing!

4. Lebanon. Sounds too close to Lebron. Definitely avoid this place.

5. North Korea. You've got to be kidding me.

6. Syria. Warning: "...The past decade alone has seen car bombs, assassinations, an attack on the U.S. Embassy, and violent anti-Western demonstrations." Syriously, no.

7. Yemen. I don't know about a lot of these countries and I especially don't know much about Yemen, but I'd decline based on the high heat and not that a group of tourists were killed in 2008.

8. Uzbekistan. "The Allure: Travel the ancient Silk Road cities of Khiva, Bukhara, and Samarkand. Go on camel treks in the desert and visit historic mosques." Ooooooohhhh, sounds so alluring.

9. Iran. Actually Travel Leisure, I don't see this as a terrible vacation choice. Definitely not one I would choose, but I'm not going to rag.

10. Algeria. Allure: "...Camel-treking..." Almost every single one of these locales has camel treking as an allure. Horse riding sucks. I can't imagine having that transfered over to a bitter, angry animal in plus 100 degree heat. These people are nuts.

11. Afghanistan. Allure: "Tombs(Egypt), historic teahouses(No), ancient market towns(Suicide bombers), and the country’s first national park(Dirt)". Unfortunately, the parenthenthesis is not part of the quoted text. Also, I spelled parenthenthesis without spellcheck.

12. Eritrea. Eerily similar to Urethra.

13. Zibabwe. Victoria Falls and Hwange National Park, those are legitimate allures. But, I would avoid("...the State Department lifted its travel warning on April 8, 2009, because there was a return of basic medical, food, and fuel services.", THANKS TRAVEL LEISURE!

14. Burma. Earlier this week I actually said to someone, "I want to travel to Southeast Asia...Burma, Indonesia, Thailand." Apparently, Burma is a cash society(No credit cards, ATMs). They must make it rain allllll the time over there. With bullets.

15. Iraq. Only if I get a exclusive tour by Saddam. Which I hear he might booked for a while. BY SATAN. Ha!