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Mar. 3rd, 2009 09:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jawnbcSomeone who is definitely not the only gay in the village wonders:
You've already stated that Vancouver is your favourite place in the world. Which place that you've visited would you choose never to go back to and why? (London Heathrow Airport doesn't count, it's on everyones list!)
Easiest question so far: Jamaica. Heard not many good things, but a cruise I was booked on was docking there and I had planned to do what we did on every other Caribbean island: go ashore, hire a taxi to explore, spend some cash, come back.
But just looking from on deck made me change my mind. It was a mess and the people looked angry. My friends all went ashore and said "you made the right call."
It's not like I'm a princess about these sorts of things either. India at first overwhelmed me, but I adjusted. Trinidad was grotty too. But in all these places people were warm and there wasn't this sense of gloom or danger. I understand some of the history (like CIA overthrows of progressive governments, for example), but most bogmen/donkeys (rural Irish) will be warm and friendly to English people, when they visit.
But I feel slienced about Heathrow--though I've never had a horrible experience there. But then again I rarely change planes there.
You've already stated that Vancouver is your favourite place in the world. Which place that you've visited would you choose never to go back to and why? (London Heathrow Airport doesn't count, it's on everyones list!)
Easiest question so far: Jamaica. Heard not many good things, but a cruise I was booked on was docking there and I had planned to do what we did on every other Caribbean island: go ashore, hire a taxi to explore, spend some cash, come back.
But just looking from on deck made me change my mind. It was a mess and the people looked angry. My friends all went ashore and said "you made the right call."
It's not like I'm a princess about these sorts of things either. India at first overwhelmed me, but I adjusted. Trinidad was grotty too. But in all these places people were warm and there wasn't this sense of gloom or danger. I understand some of the history (like CIA overthrows of progressive governments, for example), but most bogmen/donkeys (rural Irish) will be warm and friendly to English people, when they visit.
But I feel slienced about Heathrow--though I've never had a horrible experience there. But then again I rarely change planes there.
