Time to play your summer holidays. You’re looking at prices, plans, accommodations and transportation options. But sometimes, vacations can turn into a nightmare. Thus, state organizations and NGOs in the UK and the US put together a catalogue with the most dangerous vacation spots on the planet. Visit them if you will, but don’t say we didn’t warn you.
- Afghanistan – The reasons are obvious
- Mt. Everest – Every climber’s dream, but this year’s earthquakes make it even more dangerous and deadly than it already is
- Honduras – High crime rate and diseases
- Iraq – Threat of ISIS and various other terrorist organizations
- Egypt – Political instability and fundamentalism on the rise
- India – Extremely high rates of rape
- Mali – A civil war plagues this Saharan country
- Detroit, USA – The ghost of the American Dream. High crime rates
- Somalia – Pirates, disease
- North Korea – Kim Jong Un’s totalitarian dictatorship and everything it entails
- Syria – Civil war, ISIS, violence, terrorism
- Antarctica – A beautiful place but the most inhospitable in terms of natural phenomena and dangers
- Caracas, Venezuela – Extremely high murder rate (22,692 murders in 2012 alone) and a high chance to be abducted
- Myanmar – Military dictatorship
- Southern Sudan – The youngest country in the world is plagued by extreme civil wars
- Central African Republic – Disease, hunger, misery, crime rate. A very troubled place
- Guatemala – Exotic, but not for women. Rape, drugs are commonplace
- Eritrea’s Danakil Desert – Extreme heat is the least of your worries. “Civil war” on the border to Ethiopia
- Nigeria – Wars, and more wars. A place for war correspondents only
- Eastern Ukraine – Geopolitical bubbling cauldron.
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