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Top 10 Most Dangerous Travel Destinations
The magazine Travel and Leisure just recently released its annual listing of the world’s most dangerous countries. The chief intent of the article was to simply warn or advise travelers of the dangers that might exist in traveling to certain countries or areas within countries that pose a verifiable risk.
However, while the travel and lifestyle magazine largely focuses on the simple fact of how dangerous a particular nation is, as well as the specific dangers that exist, we thought it might be interesting to look at the “why’s” of that danger which, more often than not, speak to the political themes at play.
When we broke the countries down in order to analyze the connective similarities between each, we found several variables largely belonging in the same geopolitical category.
First up on the travel and leisure list might not surprise you
F.D.R. in Hell
November 29th, 2012
Lucifer’s more than a little pissed he wasn’t even mentioned.
Tim
November 29th, 2012
Guess I’ll drive down to Branson …
Even though we were so looking forward to Pakistan!
persecutor
November 29th, 2012
But it’s a religion of peace…..really, it is! [sarcasm off]
MNHawk
November 29th, 2012
I don’t get North Korea. If you follow their rules, I would imagine you would be quite safe, as opposed to every Islamic s**thole on the rest of the list.
Diann
November 29th, 2012
Not to quibble. But are there really folks out there, knocking down the doors of their travel agent’s office demanding to go to Uzbekistan?
Diann
November 29th, 2012
What? Were all the trips to Disney booked?
RANDO
November 29th, 2012
I didn’t see Chi Town or Philly on that list…
Goldenfoxx
November 29th, 2012
The USA doesn’t look so bad after all. I see no need to travel to a foreign country like those listed. WTF for? I just booked a cruise to Alaska, we decided to keep the money in the US.
the aardvark
November 29th, 2012
I don’t I’ll be going to any of those places anytime soon, if not ever. I have been to the Persian Gulf in 1974 when I was in the Navy. Its an even bigger shithole now than it was then. They can keep that whole damned part of the world for all I care.
Stirrin the B.S.
November 29th, 2012
They forgot to mention that every one of those countries has received Bari OMoslem’s endorsement to join the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Stirrin the B.S.
November 29th, 2012
@FDR – I guess that it just went without saying, that those are Lucifer’s favorite vacation spots here on earth.
even steven
November 29th, 2012
Those places sound dangerous. I’m taking a vacation to do a bit of shopping and sightseeing in beautiful downtown East St. Louis.
Billy Fuster
November 29th, 2012
Visiting some of these countries (Yemen, Uzbekistan) would be an incredible experience, the closest thing to going back in time.
serfer62
November 29th, 2012
Hey Dian…I spent ’03 to ’05 in Uzbekistan. Toured end to end by myself. Loved it.
Now if you were talking about Detroit, Chicago or DC that would be a different story…
missinmich
November 29th, 2012
What!? No Dearborn, Flint, Detroit or Saginaw MI on the list?
missinmich
November 29th, 2012
Oops you can add Holland MI if you want practice dodging gang bullets.
Ya sure
November 29th, 2012
I was on pins and needles until I got through the list.
I’m SO relieved that Somalia isn’t on it !
Mary Jane Anklestraps
November 29th, 2012
How is Inglewood,CA not on that list? lol.
Commissar M
November 29th, 2012
Hmmm… there seems to be a common thread with 80% of these countries.