aaannnthony Posted June 20, 2005 #1 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Just for fun, name only one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpulsivePuppy Posted June 20, 2005 #2 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Denver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candy Posted June 20, 2005 #3 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Santo Tomas Guatemala. Greeted by militia with big guns. Shopping area was a bunch of card tables. Never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryland Posted June 20, 2005 #4 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Santo Domingo in 1979 - raw sewage flowing down the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaannnthony Posted June 20, 2005 Author #5 Share Posted June 20, 2005 IP......you're a riot, a new candidate for "D... and D.....!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lougee1043 Posted June 20, 2005 #6 Share Posted June 20, 2005 jamaica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted June 20, 2005 #7 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Aaaanthony (sp), Answered this on Princess board - but 1st still is Semerang, Java, Indonesia, while on the Golden Odyssey, Royal Cruise Lines, 11-86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted June 20, 2005 #8 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Caracas Everywhere we went we had militia men guarding us and after our tour around the city, etc., we were restricted to a certain few stares where the guards had their M 16's and M 4's. And in spite of all that "protection" a couple of people still had their wallets stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNeal Posted June 20, 2005 #9 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Cartagena, Colombia It was just awful. The weather was horrible, the attitudes of the people was very sour, the tour guides were greedy and unwilling to help when we were all totally soaked through and through, the traffic was horrible and the streets were so flooded it was like trying to drive through the canals of Venice, the extreme poverty was both an eye opener and shocking in how pushy they were in demanding money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted June 20, 2005 #10 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Have also been to Cartegena - don't like that port eitgher. But the poverty there isn't as bad as in Caracas. On one of our tours in Cartegena, out bus driver up and quit in the middle of the tour. We were on a Princess cruise and they were aware of problems like this - so there was always an extra empty bus at each one of stops to take over whenver a driver decided to quit. At least in Cartegena we didn't have guards everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenp2 Posted June 20, 2005 #11 Share Posted June 20, 2005 orinoco river cruise worst ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted June 20, 2005 #12 Share Posted June 20, 2005 We did the Orinoco River on the Rotterdam in 2003. Loved it. Would do it again in a heart beat if it weren't on the Prinsendam and in December. We did ours in April/May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin Kay D Posted June 20, 2005 #13 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Cartegena -- the tour guide on old town/new town bus tour said (in total sincerity) that the bars on the windows & doors were "for decoration"!!! (Jan. 2000 on Crown Princess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrewser Posted June 21, 2005 #14 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Martinique. We arrived on Sunday. The entire island is closed on Sunday. There were only one or two people even on the street to stare at our tour bus wondering what the crazy Americans were trying to do. We did zip around looking at the outsides of all the buildings we couldn't get inside of. Fortunately, and with much hinting that large tips would be appropriate, an outdoor privy was found that the bus driver could have unlocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird71 Posted June 21, 2005 #15 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Cartagena, Colombia One of my favorite mystery authors LOVES it and went there after his house got damaged last year during Charlie to finish his current books. His name is Randy Wayne White (below on the QM II which he lectured) His web site is http://rwwhite.com/ and his Doc Ford novels are very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debsea Posted June 21, 2005 #16 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Santo Domingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaSharp Posted June 21, 2005 #17 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Port au Prince, Haiti About 25 years ago, NCL used to travel to that port on 7 day cruises. It was so bad with beggars, etc., that DH & I took two steps off the ship, turned around, and got right back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keep on cruising Posted June 21, 2005 #18 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Guatamela gets my vote. What was really scary is when we got back, there were ads on the TV about the the vacation of paradise of Guatemala.:eek: Marge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormyc Posted June 21, 2005 #19 Share Posted June 21, 2005 One of my favorite mystery authors LOVES it and went there after his house got damaged last year during Charlie to finish his current books. His name is Randy Wayne White (below on the QM II which he lectured) ...His web site is http://rwwhite.com/ and his Doc Ford novels are very good. Thank you for sharing this... I'm going to give his series a try. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceMuzz Posted June 21, 2005 #20 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Miami has to be the worst port I have visited. Dirty, dangerous. Military and police everywhere - all carrying guns. Very rude locals. Many do not speak English. Taxis dirty and falliing apart. Taxi drivers who don't speak English or know where anything is. The sound of gunfire here and there. Airport very disorganized. Port area very disorganized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryansmemom Posted June 21, 2005 #21 Share Posted June 21, 2005 San Blas Islands Crowded warrens of little grass huts, some with TV antennas sticking out of the roof. People in costumes with huge wads of US currency. Animals dressed in children's clothing that you could take pictures of, for a small fee. And hot and humid to boot. We were soooo very happy to get back on board. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suz1607 Posted June 21, 2005 #22 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Tortola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedmondCruiser Posted June 21, 2005 #23 Share Posted June 21, 2005 JamaicaSomeone else mentioned Santa Tomas Guatamala. Actually we had one of the best tours there. But I agree about the military with the mirror sun glasses, spit shined riding boots and a cannon on their belts. --- Like Jamaica, Guatamala has severe poverty and is a banana republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill S Posted June 21, 2005 #24 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Cartagena, hands down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartofamerica Posted June 21, 2005 #25 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Costa Maya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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