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Do not go – Places not to travel due to pollution, hazards, crime
Do not go!
Pollution, Crime and long queues. A guide to new guidelines that Peter Greenberg, travel destinations far from the earth.
Where there is likely to prevent listed by Mr. Greenberg, and also lists the airports have to be avoided and when it is close to places of interest around the world. A practical guide soon, with a different angle Travel Guides available other.
Go there in winter: According lines Greenberg Eiffeil Tower in Paris is the worst of the summer (big Surprise?). It is recommended, of course, tourism in Paris in November and December months.
Internet is full of travel tips and guides to sites that you say had to go and what to see. An example is a travel guide TripAdvisor
But Now, there is a guide at your disposal to tell you not to travel and make sure that travelers stay away from these places.
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Here you will find a good summary of travel destinations at first glance seem exotic and off, but keep in mind that some of these places might be surprised that you want to avoid.
The guide lists the worst airports in the world and the pitfalls The most common of tourism, as well as topics covering areas such as pollution, crime and the worst of sinners environment.
Hedionda beaches dangerous roads have also been studied by the traveler.
Several cruise ships cited as unacceptable sanitary conditions, lack of food hygiene and falsification of documents for the landfill.
You also Tips anecdotes about the places you must visit.
For example, the increasing pollution in Delhi in India is due to sales of attention growing among ordinary people, and sold a car in India, around 2500 USD Nano more people can afford to India today. Paradoxically Some new cars pollute less than older models based on what is written in the book.
The air is so bad that the police in Calcutta must wear oxygen tanks with them. and therefore do not want to go walking and enjoy the view that, unless you're a heavy smoker and do not care not obtain chemicals in the throat.
New York is a wonderful city to visit, but keep in mind that, statistically, there a hurricane the Big Apple shortly. According to the guide Greenberg, said the geography of the U.S. east coast is vulnerable to hurricanes and large storms and severe thunderstorms are regularly these areas over the past 100 years. The last major event in 1938, so be careful now.
In Pattaya Health contaminated water is poured into the sea of apartment buildings. The authorities have made a law that most complex of 60 units must be cleaned their wastewater before discharge into the sea, however, employers have found that to reduce costs on which to build a complex of 59 units in them and therefore continue to discharge wastewater into the waters of the beach.
In the U.S., you can visit the capital of garlic called Gilroy, California, who is in heaven arm Americas. Battle Mountain in Nevada and most well done in Greensburg, Kansas, or maybe not.
Firstly, it is a guide for tourists normal, you need a little guidance to avoid the tourist traps and avoid places were not put your health at risk.
Here is a summary of destinations category of the worst candidates Greenberg its class.
Worst airports
• Sheremetevo in Moscow – corruption, lines, lousy service, dirty and depressing. Make sure you have dollars and toilet paper with you before coming here. There are no alternatives other three airports in Moscow are just as bad.
• Ninoy Aquino in Manila – taxi mafia, corruption and general incompetence, but is an alternative to Clark International, is more recent.
• Leopoldo Dakar-Do not spend much time here, is dangerous as criminals rule in the area and around the airport and the luggage is lost more often here. No alternatives.
• Charles De Gaulle in Paris – the smell, arrogance, and long lines in combination with the lack of logistics, which is considered worse. Alternatives would be Paris-Orly and Paris-Beauvais
• Sao Paulo Congonhas – is one of the most dangerous airports in the world because safety of flights because of the short runway and the state of it. There are no real alternatives Guarulhos is also employed.
Pollution
• Tianjin, China – an industrial city with a large quantity of lead and heavy metals in foods. • Chongqing, China – Coal and overcrowded city of steel with an invisible horizon.
• Cairo Egypt – 2.1 per cent of deaths are caused by air pollution and the city is full of industry.
New Delhi •, India, the most polluted city in second place worldwide because of the large amount of traffic and lots of cheap cars that pollute a lot.
• Calcutta, India – 70 per cent of people do not have asthma or problems in the class in a way or another. And police used tanks.
Windsor, Canada – North America is called the most polluted city in the wind carried polluted air from Detroit.
• Mexico, DF, Mexico – is in a pot with a large amount of ozone and suspended particles. The city is encapsulated by smog at any time.
contaminated water
• Pattaya Thailand – was once a beautiful beach, but now the bombs of the growing population of wastewater in the range of pure water.
• the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan – the dehydration that kills fish, salt and pure drinking water causes many diseases.
• King River, Australia – dump copper mine, and all animal life was in some parts of the River.
• Bangladesh – Destroyed by salt water to drinking water and irrigation along the coast pollute much. There is a large arsenic content in water inside.
• Jakarta, Indonesia – The source of contaminated drinking water is high because of the large activity of chemical treatment of textiles in the region.
• Elva-Sarno, Italy – contamination by heavy metals that pollute rivers flowing into the Bay of Naples.
Toxins and radio activity
• Bhopal, India – A major accident in 1984 and still makes the strong odor on the old factory there.
• Tsjernobyl, Ukraine – A familiar story the tragedy is now used for sightseeing tours as the end that is given. Do not take the risk, stay away from there. • Dzerzjinsk, Russia – Manufacturing chemical weapons during the Cold War and many remains are still in the region.
• Kabwe, Zambia – Farm Officer until 1994 and can always find hazardous metals in soil and groundwater.
• La Oroya, Peru – This place is full of heavy metals due to the industry in this area. • Linfen, China – is one of the worst places in China and said most of what you need to know. It brings oxygen and water before entering this region.
Smelling Places
, Taean • South Korea – Oil spill in 2007, leads terrible odor, even today. • Rotorua New Zealand – geothermal activity made the city smell of sulfur, so there will not better their clothes or taste of food and wine here.
• Naples, Italy – Very poor garbage management made the trip to Vesuvius and the ruins not worth the trip.
•-slum Dharavi, Mumbai, India, a district wastewater marginal rapidly growing open and terrible sanitary conditions.
Most tourist traffic
• New York worse – before Christmas and New Year and during Thanksgiving. Luxury hotels and crowded city makes it a nightmare for most of us. Its best to go between January and March, when residents have a long weekend of summer and escape the city.
• Disney World, Florida – Queues in the school holidays, Christmas, Easter, spring break and July 4. One trick is to go on Tuesday and the first go Magic United Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios and followed by Animal Kingdom last.
• Grand Canyon worse – to visit during week normal, and excursions and tours that make up the bulk of traffic and found that in those days. We'll go in October or early spring.
• Tour Eiffel, Paris – very bad in the period between May and September and longer lines in the summer months. We will go in November and December, the lines are the best at this time. Try to go in the weeks following Thanksgiving and New Year
• Musée du Louvre, Paris weekends are worse, especially in summer and holidays. We will go there in the middle of the week or Friday night after 8:00 p.m. ET in its opening until 22:00 on Friday.
• Ayers Rock, Australia – Search residential points in another sunrise and sunset. Its better to go in February, April or December.
• Great Barrier Reef, the Australia – 1.8 million visitors a year by boat or helicopter semi-submarine. He better not go at all, but rather island Lord Howe Island or Dunk is more or less identical and much less crowded.
• Pyramids of Giza, Egypt – the most popular between October and April months when it is hot. You should go there so early in the morning around 5:00 as possible or a clock and watch the pyramids of the sun. objects makes it much more photogenic and fewer people around you. Rent a driver who picks you up and get into the sunrise in the morning.
• The Great Wall of China – the crowds during the entire year and tourists to come around 09:00, arrive before that, and you can be almost alone on the wall, and enjoy the architecture alone.
Crime and dangers
• Yemen – has a bad reputation in the kidnapping of Westerners, and never run car.
• Tijuana, Mexico – Drug cartels are engaged in kidnappings and shootings, take care of their money.
• Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – the violence and corruption combined with the dangers of being robbed and shot her.
• Johannesburg, South Africa-not as bad as its reputation, but still a lot of violence, robbery and rape in the streets.
• Kingston, Jamaica – increased crime in areas outside the tourist hotels.
• Port-au-Prince Haiti – kidnapping and other crimes are common here. personnel of foreign aircraft never leave the airport when they have to stay here.
About the Author
He has a background as civil engineer and geoscientist. He has worked mainly within the oil and gas industry from the mid 1980s. He has written a few fictional novels as well as being the author of some professional litterature within oil and gas sector, he is now an editor of some web sites.
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