What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why? – Asks the daily prompt this fine Thursday morning.
That is a tough one because until recently we haven’t traveled much. At one time I never thought of wanting to visit Russia. I still don’t but I have a different view of the country after working with a young man from Russia for several years who had immigrated here with his family. He taught me about parts of the country, and you could feel his missing some spots he talked about or showed me on the map from his youth.
I guess North Korea because there is a good chance I’d never get to see any of it and probably never be able to leave.
This gives me a good idea of a post of places I’m going to visit.
What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why? – An interesting question from the daily writing prompt and a tough one because I’m not much of a world traveler yet.
Short Answer – Mount Everest – too difficult to get there and too cold.
Long Answer below
The list of places I have no desire to visit could be a long one, so I’ll spare you the endless bullet list. Mostly because they all have an element of risk that is too high. In some ways that might be unfair. Even traveling within the United States is risky. Yes, we have crime here, lots of it in some spots.
Traveling now as a US citizen out of the country, I’m guessing it’s getting less popular by the day. For the record many of us here abhor the policies and words being used by the administration in describing the rest of the world. And we don’t like seeing what is happening.
Leaving this country now might be a risky proposition for me. Given my disagreement with the current administration, they might not let me back in. Vive la Résistance
I’m sure even the places I don’t want to visit have some beauty about them. Be it the people, land, nature or sights/culture. So, every place could be a good place to visit.
For instance, I always had a negative view of Russia, but I had the pleasure of working with a young man who grew up there and he would point areas he traveled to and special things about them that put things in a new light. Still wouldn’t go there because of the government there but it does have natural beauty. And I know one former Russian who seemed to be a fine person.
Travel is in our future, but first a new grandchild will soon need our attention, so I’ll be staying put a while and reveling in holding a new infant in my hands when the day comes.
You don’t find many empty ticket counters most days at BWI. Photo by Mike Hartley
What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why? – The Daily Writing prompt asks.
I’ve traveled so little that I never thought about the places I wouldn’t want to go. And to disparage a place I haven’t been seems a little arrogant. But what the hell, I’ll give it a shot even though after thinking about it for a few minutes I’m drawing a blank.
Ah, there it is, the answer, Mar a Lago Club. Why? What might be pretty on the outside can be ugly inside.
