Worst travel experience

[exudaz]

What was the worst travel experience you've ever been in?

I have two.

The first, was from when I was traveling back from Toronto to the US.
I was in the car, in a huge line of people getting back to the US. All of a sudden, I really had to take a shit. This painful feeling in my bowels went on for at least half an hour. I nearly shit myself at the border, it was awful. There was a Wendy's right near the border, so as soon as I got to the US, I stopped in the Wendy's bathroom and took what was probably the biggest shit I ever took in my life. It was fucking excruciating. To this day, I still make sure I use the toilet before I leave to go anywhere more than several miles away, just to make sure that never happens again. There have been massive struggles throughout history. But all the combined deaths and injuries in WW1 and WW2 will never match the pain I felt when I nearly shit my pants at the border.

The second was when my friend's church planned a trip to a waterpark when I was in the seventh grade. They rented out this really nice travel bus to go there, and I took the seat farthest to the back. Just when I thought everyone has got on the bus, a very large ginger girl, my age, got on the bus. All the seats were taken besides the one next to me, so she took that one. And when I say she's large, I mean very large, to the point where she needed to take down the arm-rest between us down, and she was a constantly pressed up against me. I didn't mind this that much, it was uncomfortable, but I didn't really mind.
About halfway through this four hour bus ride, I got an erection sticking up under my gym-shorts (I was twelve and it was hot, I was a volatile bag of hormones, shut up.) she saw this and blushed. Rather than being creeped out and trying to get away from me, she acted as if it was for her. So she rubbed up against me and put her arm around me. But she didn't talk to me, she just stayed like that for two hours. I didn't want to mess with this delicate situation, so I just kept my mouth shut.
Fast forward two hours, we arrived at the water park. Before getting off the bus, the girl wrote her number down and put it in my pocket. I just said "thanks", and wandered off with my friends.
After a few hours of being at the park, we got back on the bus. Not only does she sit next to me again, she's in her swim wear. I just say "hey there" with a fake smile on my face, trying to be casual despite the fact that this girl probably wanted to fuck me. She puts her arms around me again and falls asleep on me. Instead of saying "hey, I'm not interested", I decide to play things off as if I liked her. Looking back on myself as a twelve year-old, I was one sly motherfucker. Or at least I tried to be one.
So after four straight awkward hours of being hugged by a large girl who was sleeping on me, the ride ended. I woke her up, and we got off. But before getting off, she kissed me. Now, at twelve I wasn't very much a ladies man. So I had never gotten a kiss before. And this would forever remain as my memory of my first kiss; an obese ginger girl who wouldn't get off of me that I had no interest for. Fucking excellent.

Beat that, NG.

[mothballs]

When I went to Orlando, Florida at the age of ten.

My parents made Disney land a horrible experience and I just hated the entire area. It was boring, rural and weird.

[ElMagnificoBurro]

I don't like going anywhere with my familie. So any trip were I wasn't alone.

[ChazDude]

I have two:
- Being stuck in a traffic jam for 3 and a half hours, moving only ONE mile in that time.
- My train being delayed for more than 2 hours, due to a person hit by a train.

[chicagobull90]

At 12/8/13 05:39 AM, ChazDude wrote: I have two:
- Being stuck in a traffic jam for 3 and a half hours, moving only ONE mile in that time.

- My train being delayed for more than 2 hours, due to a person hit by a train.

Well As i see it, your day was a helluva alot better then the poor guy under the traintracks...all SQWOOSHED... but yet again being stuck in traffic like that would probaby make me look for a train to jump in front of :\

[chicagobull90]

Umm... Mine HAS to be when my mom, 2 little sisters and me went to texas driving, we hit all of the southern states and being from chicago i've only heard of biscuits and gravy in comedy rutines of larry the cable guy. We ended up at some shady motel in definate redneck-ville, the rooms were okay but when we went to eat breakfast at the downstairs diner, their house special was indeed...Biscuits and friggin GRAVY! My lil sisters were sick and threw up on the table the orange juice they just drank..which killed meh appitite :\ and there were hunter looking dudes there just kinda staring at the only mexicans in the whole place, so i felt like a ...fish out of water? nahh more like a chicano in a country club! all eyes on me and hands on your wallets! but yea... it just amazed me that they had biscuits and gravy as their main MAIN specialty. other places maybe lobster, or steak, or homemade burgers..but larry the cable guy sterotype lived up to its name... i guess the akwardness of the short visit was the worst part of it...

[Sentio]

Where to begin...

Last year on honeymoon in Cambodia we arrived at the airport and were greeted by two people holding up our name for pickup. We had no idea which one to go with, neither spoke any english, and we had no way of contacting the tour organiser. In the end we plumped for the less intimidating individual, and made it safely to our hotel. From then on it was the most incredible trip, but it was a terrifying beginning.

When I lived in Denver I was due to fly home to the UK for Christmas. Unfortunately what followed was one of the worst winter snow storms in memory, and the airport was closed. Desperate to get home, I hired a car, drove 11 hours to Alberquerque, flew from there to Chicago, another flight from Chicago to Detroit, and then finally to London, making it home late Christmas eve having not slept for 2 days.

And back when I was 10/11 years old I went on a holiday around the world, where at each stop something seemed to go wrong. Firstly in Hong Kong the authorities refused to let us board our flight to Australia because they were unable to check our visa status. As we were just kids, myself and my sister's Visas were supposed to be on my parent's passport, but they were unable to find them. After 3 hours arguing and delaying the flight they eventually let us on. On arrival in Sydney the Australian authorities confirmed that we had no Visa. They took one look at us and said go on through- got to love those laid back Aussies.

Same trip... in the botanical gardens in Sydney we were caught out by the sunset and locked in. What followed was a terrifying hour trying to find our way out, surrouded by the sounds of Austrlian wildlife, before eventually being released and threatened with prosecution for trespassing if it happened again.

Same trip again, now in New Zealand- we had a flat tyre in the middle of nowhere. Thankfully a passerby gave us a tow to a garage.

I'm certain something went wrong in San Diego on that trip as well... but I can't remember what it was!

[ChazDude]

At 12/8/13 05:53 AM, chicagobull90 wrote:

- My train being delayed for more than 2 hours, due to a person hit by a train.

Well As i see it, your day was a helluva alot better then the poor guy under the traintracks...all SQWOOSHED... but yet again being stuck in traffic like that would probaby make me look for a train to jump in front of :\

...and it was a pretty fast train, I heard they were having a hard time finding the body...

[Joelle]

On my 7th grade trip to Arizona we had to drive 5 hours after getting off the airplane. Well one hour into the ride I had to take a crap. Plus we were driving near mountains so there were lots of switchbacks and the air was a bit thin. So my stomach was DYING and the bus had to stop for me like 6 times which was really embarrassing. >.<

[supergandhi64]

my experiences with travelling are overwhelmingly positive & i can't think of any memory of traveling which i would conisder the "worst" so much as my least favorite . . . seeing new places & meeting new people is one of the best ways to spend your time lol

--supergandhi64

[Freaki-boy92]

it was london, it was rush hour, the olympics were going on.
it was only a 10 minute walk but i felt completely out of control, people were bumping me, jostling me and i swear i lost a fiver that day.

[Doberman]

At 12/8/13 08:58 AM, Freaki-boy92 wrote: I swear I lost a fiver that day.

You got mugged.

[yurgenburgen]

travelling back to england from canada (calgary airport) when I was 20 or something

we sat on the plane, on the runway, for four hours while the airline dicked around
when we finally took off, the captain informed us that because of the delay we would have to land in iceland and then carry on to england, because of reasons pertaining to cabin crew not being legally allowed to work longer than a certain number of hours at a time
obviously the captain knew this before taking off, but we took off anyway because they knew that once we were in the air there would be very little anyone could do about it.

other experiences: border security at calgary airport are arrogant, rude and obnoxious.

[Viper]

When I was in I wanna say 7th grade.
Me, my mom, my dad, and my siblings (sister and brother) went to Chicago.

for reasons I'm not going to explain

Well on our way back we kinda got lost. And ended up in the middle of fucking Indiana before we realized where we were. It took us like 8 hours of non-stop driving til we were within the vicinity of my town. And this all happened on a Sunday night so we were almost late to school because we didn't arrive back home til like 6:30 or so in the morning.

[Chdonga]

I had to go to some equal rights movement anniversary thing with my family at Washington DC.
We rode a bus full of 50+ year old black women and their submissive husbands. Whenever they weren't squawking at one another, they were blasting gospel music. And to make things worse, the stewardess or whatever you'd call it, left the microphone on the entire time so we would hear the mic rumbling around the entire time but nobody else noticed. My eardrums were bursting out of my head by the time we got off the bus.
When we finally got to DC we didn't even get a rest stop. We immediately walked to the memorial. There was construction being done on the Washington monument and it was incredibly crowded. It was nearly 100°F outside with no benches. The entire thing dragged on two hours longer than it should have because fifty years worth of black figureheads, guilty white people, and important members of the LGBT community came to speak.
I found some shade in which to play video games and some little kids decided to hover over me and watch. It didn't bother me at first, but then some woman and her husband noticed how good I am with kids and wanted to introduce me to their daughter because we apparently had so much in common. The daughter wasn't with them but from their description I'm sure she was unattractive or had poor social skills or they just wanted to have a mixed race grandchild.
On our way back to the hotel we got harassed by street vendors trying to sell us RIP: Trayvon T-Shirts and other miscellaneous crap. One tee was of Steve from Minecraft wearing a hoodie and holding skittles and ice tea. One of the loud black women from the bus bought a parasol and was shocked that it didn't substitute for an actual umbrella.
I ordered a chicken sandwich and some lemonade from the hotel. When I got the bill, it was thirty five dollars.
On our way home we stopped by to get lunch from a cracker barrel, and we were late to departing because one old black woman was running her mouth to some old people about race and religion. The way home was a lot quieter because someone put on a Tyler Perry movie.

I also saw some old man that looked like Inigo Montoya.

[Freaki-boy92]

At 12/8/13 09:19 AM, Doberman wrote:

At 12/8/13 08:58 AM, Freaki-boy92 wrote: I swear I lost a fiver that day.

You got mugged.

more like pickpocketed, because mugging involves violence or threats thereof

[Ericho]

I remember when it was my grandmother's funeral and so much went on. They forgot to print her death in the obituary, we left something behind at a hotel, and our car broke down. Then again, that last thing did have us meet this really funny bearded guy who drove the tow truck.

[Lagerkapo]

So back in 1943 I went to a nice retreat center named Dakau...

[exudaz]

At 12/8/13 01:55 PM, Lagerkapo wrote: So back in 1943 I went to a nice retreat center named Dakau...

That's so insensitive.

Shave before you take a pic, man.
Not cool.

[Darthdenim]

I don't go places...

[poxpower]

I was coming back from Seattle during a snow storm and all flights were cancelled so they made people stay at hotels for the night. Of course there was no more room in any hotel near the airport by 8pm and so I stayed all night at the airport, sleeping on a bench.

On the plus side, the flight attendant lady gave me an extra bag of peanuts on the plane. So really, almost made up for it.

[Bspendlove]

I never really had a lot, just once that really took ages but I felt sorry for the 2 people.

Going to college on a train and we had to stop about 4 stations before my college and turn's out someone got pushed in the train line just before a train going past the station. I had to get a bus to college in the pouring rain which took a long while.

On the way back I had to stop 2 stations before my home town and turns out another person got hit by a train (he actually jumped in front of it)... Took me about an hour to walk home in the pouring rain but I just thought "Imagine if it was me who got pushed"... Damn, now every time whenever I travel by train, I make sure I am well away from the edge and near people...

[Vinnyy]

My worst travels always involved flight, especially when I visited China during the summer of 2005. I used to get air sick real easily and you can probably imagine how torturous it was to vomit on the plane once every 10 minutes or so. I had to bring a bag with me. It was hell. I remember I was so relieved when the plane finally reached its destination and I disembarked from it.

To this day I am still very reluctant about going on any long flights lasting over four hours.

[eliteknightofastora]

a travel to são paulo to alagoas on a car 10 days i did puke 3 times and i was hungry and thirsty

[NothingStudios]

My family went to Disneyworld when I was two and I got lost. I was scared of the people I costume, so having to be escorted by Mickey was scary as shit.

[exudaz]

At 12/8/13 02:15 PM, Darthdenim wrote: I don't go places...

Not even from your kitchen to your bed?

Wow, you must have a pretty dull day-to-day life.

[Darthdenim]

At 12/8/13 09:50 PM, exudaz wrote:

At 12/8/13 02:15 PM, Darthdenim wrote: I don't go places...

Not even from your kitchen to your bed?

Wow, you must have a pretty dull day-to-day life.

Well, obviously I go from my kitchen to the bed.

What a stupid thing to say.

You're stupid.

[exudaz]

At 12/8/13 09:54 PM, Darthdenim wrote:

At 12/8/13 09:50 PM, exudaz wrote:

At 12/8/13 02:15 PM, Darthdenim wrote: I don't go places...

Not even from your kitchen to your bed?

Wow, you must have a pretty dull day-to-day life.

Well, obviously I go from my kitchen to the bed.

What a stupid thing to say.

You're stupid.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcasm

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[Lagerkapo]

At 12/8/13 02:11 PM, exudaz wrote:

At 12/8/13 01:55 PM, Lagerkapo wrote: So back in 1943 I went to a nice retreat center named Dakau...

That's so insensitive.

Shave before you take a pic, man.
Not cool.

I know, I know, female pattern facial hair is a serious issue.

Anne Frankly I won't stand for it.

[Piper]

I can't share the worst. But I can tell you a close second,

Winter of 09' somewhere in Kansas during -14 F weather in the middle of the night, the Greyhound we're in has been blowing cold air on us for about fifty miles. You can see your breath in the dim light and frost on the windows from where the air has been blowing. The driver tells us the heater is broken, and turns the air off. Most of us are shivering so hard we're spilling hot cocoa on ourselves, but we welcome the heat. Finally we get to Kansas City, MO and get a new bus.