where is the most dangerous place you have ever visited?

[PigCapitalist]

For me, a toss up between Sri Lanka 1990, right after the government put down the socialist uprising (Did ya read Anil's Ghost?) and Kashmir the same year, when the war was just breaking out. In retrospect we were insane to be in either of those places, but it made sense at the time.

[jungle]

I was in Bosnia in 97 when the war had only just ended.

Although everyone told me I was nuts, the area I was going to had always been well inside Croat territory and had never been affected by the war. It's still cool to say I was in Bosnia in 97.

[Pez123]

Finglas...

[Da blonde one]

Probably the red light district in Amsterdam. :rolleyes:

Although I did go up to knocka one halloween night. That was some scary shit

[xvis]

either Sau Paulo or Brixton, or some parts of North Dublin


there have been 3 shootings within a hundred metres of my Brixton gaff in the last week, ..charming.

[doppellanger]

The Blue Dragon between Fermoy and Mitchelstown, when it was a nightclub.

[Proinsias]

Probably Jackson Square in Boston or the Camorra (mafia) district of Naples.

[legend76]

o'malley park, south hill Limerick. was hanging out in Harlem once, and it didn't have apatch on it

[*dj dingey*]

the melagh travelers site in mahon....aha

[afeencalleddan]

Yup, Mahon without a doubt.

[Hang_Sandwich]

rwanda 95, lebanon 86 and croatia 96

[Ravie Dee]

The Glen quary 91 goin lookin for tadpoles....that water was dodgy!! so were the pikeys drinkin it

[storysham]

was in budapest during the recent riots, it was pretty hairy.

[PigCapitalist]

rwanda 95, lebanon 86 and croatia 96
no, you weren't

[miahp]

Cook st., Sunday morning. 3am.

[spatterbag]

moyross

[Hang_Sandwich]

no, you weren't

Yes i was

[hughjass]

Nairobi is a pretty dangerous city. Talking to people who lived there I heard some horror stories alright, and arriving there at 4am on a nightbus into the city centre was pretty scary. Only other place I ever felt threatened was in Nakuru town also in Kenya, but still I wouldnt recommend Nairobi really...

[POL]

Chechnya 99, Afghanistan 01 and Iraq 03.

[toffeebhoy]

I performed an impromptu one man showing of 'Fiddler on the Roof' in the Berlin Tiergarten in 1933. Silly of me I know.

[weekender]

Funnily enough, the most frightening place I've ever been was the subterranean Führerhauptquartiere as the Russians advanced in 1945 - also in Berlin! Well, that and the time I unwittingly stopped for a slash at that lay-by on the Lee Road and a man approached me, dropped his trousers and pointed at himself.

[POL]

Flying over London in 41 was pretty hairy, lot of flak

[exileonpatrickstreet]

i was just driving out of hiroshima there at the start of august 1945 when there was this almighty bang.

some fucker in a mondeo had driven right into the back of me. still, the damage wasn't too bad and i went on to the airport and went on my holidays.

fuck it, lads, magaluf is rough.

[FL4ZGN]

o'malley park, south hill Limerick. was hanging out in Harlem once, and it didn't have apatch on it


Not far from where i grew up.

[Patrick Hill]

not ben out of cork yet so ive been lucky

[rootybooty]

not ben out of cork yet so ive been lucky

If not being out of Cork, is your idea of luck mate, then I´d hate to see your idea of unlucky.

[mr m]

Spent 14 hours in a greyhound bus station in east LA after 20 hours flying. Only time I have ever been intimidated in any place I've been. Some mucho scary looking hombres kicking about the place. Spent the 14 hours holding on to my backpack trying to stay awake.

[Patrick Hill]

If not being out of Cork, is your idea of luck mate, then I´d hate to see your idea of unlucky.


Well Ive saved quite a bit too by not going outside cork, I have a lot of money while other people are in debt from spednign too much

[mr m]

Well Ive saved quite a bit too by not going outside cork, I have a lot of money while other people are in debt from spednign too much
Happy days.

[rootybooty]

Well Ive saved quite a bit too by not going outside cork, I have a lot of money while other people are in debt from spednign too much

Cool, now you can expand your mind by buying a house with a hhhhhhhhuge mortgage, Go on Biy!!! sure the worlds a waste of time anyways.

[Patrick Hill]

Cool, now you can expand your mind by buying a house with a hhhhhhhhuge mortgage, Go on Biy!!! sure the worlds a waste of time anyways.

well i have abig collection of travel videos so after watching them i dont see what the differece is. ive been there in my mind

i also have a sunbed so i get a good tan all the time at home

[rootybooty]

well i have abig collection of travel videos so after watching them i dont see what the differece is. ive been there in my mind

i also have a sunbed so i get a good tan all the time at home


Dear god, Im speechless, your a lost case.
With this frame of mind, why dont you just watch a porno instead of having a girlfriend, some soaps instead of having friends, some cooking Dvd´s instead of eating.........jesus , some people are so dumb.
You dont see the difference between a DVD and travelling? go see a doctor amigo, and while your at it, go back to school to help your spelling..or even better, get a "blackboard jungle" dvd...hahaahaah

[Patrick Hill]

Dear god, Im speechless, your a lost case.
With this frame of mind, why dont you just watch a porno instead of having a girlfriend, some soaps instead of having friends, some cooking Dvd´s instead of eating.........jesus , some people are so dumb.
You dont see the difference between a DVD and travelling? go see a doctor amigo, and while your at it, go back to school to help your spelling..or even better, get a "blackboard jungle" dvd...hahaahaah


Rooty, any chance of pm'ing me your banking sort code and account number, i need to lodge 12000 euros. i want you to take 11000 and send me the remaining 1000 by western union.

Is that ok? i give you good deal

i think you won the spanish lottery too and ill get back to you later on how you can claim yoru funds............... lol


good to see all that travel has broadened your mind enough to not care about spelling mistakes in forum posts.......ya gullable prick ya.

[Golfer]

The kitchen when the wife is doing the cooking.

[AmadeusDC]

East Baltimore is pretty shady..........for an idea of what it's like watch a couple of episodes of The Wire.

-AmadeusDC-

[PigCapitalist]

East Baltimore is pretty shady..........for an idea of what it's like watch a couple of episodes of The Wire.

-AmadeusDC-
Charm City scares the crap out of me!

[PigCapitalist]

Yes i was
A correspondant? What the hell were you doing there? I was just in Hashmir and Sri Lanka on holidays!

[k974]

PNG and jo'burg not the safest places, most dangerous i been too anyway

[Superdave]

PNG and jo'burg not the safest places, most dangerous i been too anyway

papua new guinea? that's pretty impressive fella - tell more.

[k974]

went to Port Moresby for 3 days for work, went straight from the airport to the compound and back, didnt really see much of it to be honest, apparentyl its going to be one of the new exciting/adveture destinations soo according to the courier mail yesterday, wouldnt know bout that still dangerous place to vist, you hear plenty stories from the aussies that go up there for work wether there bit far fetched or not i dont know, i do know someone tho that had a businness there some of there stories were a bit scary, didnt stop at red light, had been shot at it, its pretty much lawless in parts, shame really cos what i seen of it would have been a beautiful place if it was safer.

jo'burg i'd never set foot in the place again

this may sound stupid but my packabck was robbed in nz and my passport stolen the thing that bugged me most was the passport cos of the stamps, i had intended to get to some out of the way places before i got home, and wanted to have a full passport, stupid i know but just one of those things

[wunhunglo]

For me, a toss up between Sri Lanka 1990, right after the government put down the socialist uprising (Did ya read Anil's Ghost?) and Kashmir the same year, when the war was just breaking out. In retrospect we were insane to be in either of those places, but it made sense at the time.

Las Vegas late '97.

If anyone intends visiting the MGM you'd better do it before Dec 28th. I return the next day and i am going to close that fawking place down.

[Superdave]

went to Port Moresby for 3 days for work, went straight from the airport to the compound and back, didnt really see much of it to be honest, apparentyl its going to be one of the new exciting/adveture destinations soo according to the courier mail yesterday, wouldnt know bout that still dangerous place to vist, you hear plenty stories from the aussies that go up there for work wether there bit far fetched or not i dont know, i do know someone tho that had a businness there some of there stories were a bit scary, didnt stop at red light, had been shot at it, its pretty much lawless in parts, shame really cos what i seen of it would have been a beautiful place if it was safer.

jo'burg i'd never set foot in the place again

this may sound stupid but my packabck was robbed in nz and my passport stolen the thing that bugged me most was the passport cos of the stamps, i had intended to get to some out of the way places before i got home, and wanted to have a full passport, stupid i know but just one of those things

nah, that's fair enough. mine is almost full now - page and a half blank and about 18 months left on it. hoping to fill it with japan this xmas.

Looked into PNG for last xmas but the travel agent laughed at us. went to vanuatu instead - top notch.

I used to go out with a girl from Joburg and she reiterated the whole idea that it aint as dodgy when you know where not to go.

[mustang]

4 courts dublin 1916.im never going to dublin again

[Paulow de don]

Yup, Mahon without a doubt.

Im from mahon - its not rough. If i see you i will chop you up into little bits. Eh ? Perhaps this just proves your point . . . :silly:

[Pez123]

Plenty of bad places around the world, was closest to death in Bootle..

[AmadeusDC]

Charm City scares the crap out of me!

Just stay around Johns Hopkins............. ......then you'll be fine............unle ss you're black of course ;)
Charm City is also the Greatest City in America sure!!

btw Pig, wouldn't be too high on that horse of yours stabled in DC and all that :)

-AmadeusDC-

[Superdave]

Just stay around Johns Hopkins............. ......then you'll be fine............unle ss you're black of course ;)
Charm City is also the Greatest City in America sure!!

btw Pig, wouldn't be too high on that horse of yours stabled in DC and all that :)

-AmadeusDC-

jesus man, i spent a couple of days working in Baltimore a few years back - company director picks me up at the airport - your typical wasp - drives me to the premises. En route we pull up at traffic lights and these two "homies" in a souped up gangsta-mobile are besides us. Yer man winds down the window and asks "you guys ok?". they just look back with a look that screamed "are you fucking serious honky?" .... awkward silence persists til the lights go green. yer man thought the two boys were looking for directions.

of my two or three days in baltimore this is all i recall.... a near death experience in my opinion!

[pseudonominous]

Yup, Mahon without a doubt.

mahon

[AmadeusDC]

jesus man, i spent a couple of days working in Baltimore a few years back - company director picks me up at the airport - your typical wasp - drives me to the premises. En route we pull up at traffic lights and these two "homies" in a souped up gangsta-mobile are besides us. Yer man winds down the window and asks "you guys ok?". they just look back with a look that screamed "are you fucking serious honky?" .... awkward silence persists til the lights go green. yer man thought the two boys were looking for directions.

of my two or three days in baltimore this is all i recall.... a near death experience in my opinion!

LMAO, it really isn't that bad if you stick to the good 6% of the city ;)

Nah it's fine to be honest if you know the score. The Inner Harbor, Fells Point, Federal Hill, Charles Village etc. are all pretty fine. The Harbor in particular is an awesome spot. Personally, I have no reason to go out into a lot of the neighborhoods so I only see them if I take a wrong turn. They are ridiculously rough spots though!! The Wire definitely isn't far from the truth if you head out into East Baltimore. -AmadeusDC-

[D'oriel]

Johannesburg 1997.


Israel, September 2006.

[drinkfeckarse]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Mayfield....even the relations I have there scare me.

[ahem...]

Nairobbery

[AmadeusDC]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Mayfield....even the relations I have there scare me.

heh heh.

Although it's not somewhere I'd wanna be walking on my own especially at night I just don't think it's quite up with the real bad spots just yet!!

Now Knocka.............. ....... ;)

-AmadeusDC-

[PigCapitalist]

Just stay around Johns Hopkins............. ......then you'll be fine............unle ss you're black of course ;)
Charm City is also the Greatest City in America sure!!

btw Pig, wouldn't be too high on that horse of yours stabled in DC and all that :)

-AmadeusDC-
Me, I live in the Vanilla suburbs (apologies to Funkadelic)

[ruthyloops]

this mexican getto in santa rose( north of san fran). Wss 15 ended u[p getting lost and not having a clue where i was. ended up at some railway tracks. no one could speak english. some dose

[mandy d]

Jo'burg was the most dangerous place I've been...very scary...Two friends of mine were mugged on the street,One was punched in the face and she was pregnant at the time....Two of the guys I was there with were walking along the street also when a car pulled up and shot the man walking in front of them..they were freaked out big time...I got back to my hotel after a gig one night,and my hotel room was completely ransacked...We had to have armed police drive us around and even our record bags were searched going into our own gigs for weapons...It's not a place you'd feel very safe in!!
Wouldn't be in a hurry to go back there....Cape town is much nicer...

[Exiled Forest Fan]

East Belfast 1998 - Woodstock Road at 5am in the morning, knocking on the door where my sister was staying. I was seeking sanctuary because the ferry to Scotland was cancelled.

When passing people I was desperately trying to hide my "bumble bee" Celtic away shirt peeking out from underneath my jacket.

[qbim3]

was in cairo for a day two years ago, see pyramids etc.. driving around in a bus with a secuirty guard at the front of the bus with an assualt rifle, didnt give the impression we were in a safe place.. didnt see that much trouble poverty was unreal though, drivin through city of the dead was ugly

[Cyprus Avenue]

our bus got shot at....yep, shot at, last year in Egypt down near the Sudanese border....that was some scary shit.


heathrow airport this year on the 1st anniversary of the London tube bombings was a bit hairy too. Armed police swarming around the place just waiting for something to happen....

[Natty Dread]

Dublin. In general.

[bricktop]

stayed overnight in a hotel in inglewood, L.A. cause it's right next to L.A.X.
the hotel was fine but the area was no place for a white boy.

[AmadeusDC]

stayed overnight in a hotel in inglewood, L.A. cause it's right next to L.A.X.
the hotel was fine but the area was no place for a white boy.

"Inglewood, Inglewood always up to no good"

Damn it man........listen to Tupac......... he warned us all about the place like
;)

-AmadeusDC-

[blonderage]

Lagos - Not a nice place at all, esp for a 23yr old white female. (As i was back in the day)

Was there working and we had to sleep 2 to a hotel room for safety as we were not staying in a compound.

Is really trying to improve the global perception currently, but would not volunteer to return there, i constantly felt under threat there.

It is one of the most corrupt cities in the world, and it will take a long time to reverse that.

[ho chi feen]

Budapest in '99, in a strip bar snorting coke when the place gets raided by the Rendorszég, who were armed to the teeth. Scarey shit when you're 17. After about four hours, they let us go.

[Funkster]

Washington DC. It ain't nice , exiled to dubla and to be honest it lives up to its reputation

[donieG]

A Dunkin' Donuts somewhere in Boston, langers, messy-ish and loud when a couple of homies stroll in with guns tucked into their pants. They were definitely eyeballing myself and me buddy. We sobbered up in jig time and fucked off rather promptly - left a custard fudge behind me as well...feck.

[CommanderCian]

South Boston, had a bit of a reputation but is getting better.

Been to Tijuana Mexico a good few times, just skipped south of the border for nights out when I was in San Diego. You really need to watch yourself there, we were told to keep 20 dollars in a sock in case the cops catch you taking a wizz on the street or something similar and demand a bribe or get arrested. Inside the clubs felt ok but I would not like to be left on my own down there. One of my cousins friends got robbed at gunpoint down there!:crazyeye:

[Hang_Sandwich]

South Boston, had a bit of a reputation but is getting better.

Been to Tijuana Mexico a good few times, just skipped south of the border for nights out when I was in San Diego. You really need to watch yourself there, we were told to keep 20 dollars in a sock in case the cops catch you taking a wizz on the street or something similar and demand a bribe or get arrested. Inside the clubs felt ok but I would not like to be left on my own down there. One of my cousins friends got robbed at gunpoint down there!:crazyeye:

I thought the reputation that place had was for rape perpretrated by americians that go across the border the next morning maybe that jarez though

[citdjsociety]

playa des las americas , tenerief , fookin demented with no top on singing ra songs to all the english over there , funny looking back:p

[ho chi feen]

was there in 1994. visited medjugore, dubrovnik, mostar, split and zagreb. it's cool to say i was in medjugore.

Is that pronounced like I'm thinking it's pronounced? :p

[Allergic!]

Is that pronounced like I'm thinking it's pronounced? :p
Midge Ure, like? Ah the 80s

[ho chi feen]

Midge Ure, like? Ah the 80s


Yeah, but would ya flah him?

[Allergic!]

Yeah, but would ya flah him?
Frankie says Flah him
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! etc

[HappyMonday83]

Yugoslavia circa 92.

[Claire.h]

Yup, Mahon without a doubt.

I can't believe this dissing of Mahon! I've lived there a good 80% of my life, and I'm lovely. It's not really a bad place.

was there in 1994. visited medjugore, dubrovnik, mostar, split and zagreb. it's cool to say i was in medjugore.

My gran went to Medjugore.

[fitz69]

Union street in plymouth on a saturday kicking out time

[Larizla]

Union street in plymouth on a saturday kicking out time

True! Must be one of the most dangerous places Ive lived in as well. The usual stabbing on Union Street while we were on our way home from C103.

Good old Plymouth.

[ho chi feen]

True! Must be one of the most dangerous places Ive lived in as well. The usual stabbing on Union Street while we were on our way home from C103.

Good old Plymouth.

Long time no see, Lar'.

[Jim Comic]

on Glasgow's london road by myself, wearing my green scarf & hat, surrounded by 1000's of rangers fans just before an old firm game (london road being one of the main access roads to Parkhead for away fans)

[ho chi feen]

on Glasgow's london road by myself, wearing my green scarf & hat, surrounded by 1000's of rangers fans just before an old firm game (london road being one of the main access roads to Parkhead for away fans)

Now that's just silly, Jim!

Actually, the time the cunt cyclo driver in Ho Chi Minh City tried to charge me 20 times the going (and about 10 times the prior agreed) rate was pretty fucking scarey. I fucked the money at him and set off with me shopping. Never expected him to start legging after me, and never though I'd see an oul fella running that fast. Fucked the bags at shopping at him and he just kept coming, down allweyways, across the street, 'til I ducked into the jacks in coffee house, with visions of that scene from Romper Stomper flashing through my mind. Convinced he was going to knife if me if he saw me again.

[Flipflop]

crossing the border between peru and bolivia, border bridge blockaded so we had to get out and walk across under the beady eyes of the locals. Was a long walk, next day we found out on the news they were after lynching their mayor! Worked our way down to Argie then back up to Venezuela but had to spend our last 5 days in Caracas in the hotel because of all the anti v pro Chavez riots.
but worst of them all has to be making my way home merrily drunk in Moscow when i got stopped by a gang of locals all aching for a chance to kick the living shit out of a rich westerner. Lucked out in the fact that a cop car passed by and stopped anything before i was too seriously hurt.
Still its all great experiences to look back on now

[Goofy Martin]

Gay Bar in Dublin.

[lan9erdan]

the bronx, new york or jamaica, queens, where 50 cent is from

[fitz69]

True! Must be one of the most dangerous places Ive lived in as well. The usual stabbing on Union Street while we were on our way home from C103.

Good old Plymouth.


While being propisitions by hookers. used to work in walkabout on derrys cross so we got a good view of the action

[aussie bastard]

behind the wife when i said her tits were not as big as her sisters :twisted:

[Eoin]

Lagos - Not a nice place at all, esp for a 23yr old white female. (As i was back in the day)

Was there working and we had to sleep 2 to a hotel room for safety as we were not staying in a compound.

Is really trying to improve the global perception currently, but would not volunteer to return there, i constantly felt under threat there.

It is one of the most corrupt cities in the world, and it will take a long time to reverse that.

Yeah, thats the worst place I've ever been too. Had to get an armed escort to and from work every day, and used to get text messages warning us of gang wars currently on going right next to the office. Crazy fucking place.

[Superdave]

Now that's just silly, Jim!

Actually, the time the cunt cyclo driver in Ho Chi Minh City tried to charge me 20 times the going (and about 10 times the prior agreed) rate was pretty fucking scarey. I fucked the money at him and set off with me shopping. Never expected him to start legging after me, and never though I'd see an oul fella running that fast. Fucked the bags at shopping at him and he just kept coming, down allweyways, across the street, 'til I ducked into the jacks in coffee house, with visions of that scene from Romper Stomper flashing through my mind. Convinced he was going to knife if me if he saw me again.

defo an important lesson in vietnam! saw a couple of incidents like that. although once the tourist started running the guys pride was satisfied. didn't see it so much in the other south east asian countries though, the vietnamese defo seem to be the most aggressive.

did you fuck the agreed sum at him or the inflated price?

[ho chi feen]

defo an important lesson in vietnam! saw a couple of incidents like that. although once the tourist started running the guys pride was satisfied. didn't see it so much in the other south east asian countries though, the vietnamese defo seem to be the most aggressive.

did you fuck the agreed sum at him or the inflated price?

Oh, the agreed sum, naturally.

[Eoin]

defo an important lesson in vietnam! saw a couple of incidents like that. although once the tourist started running the guys pride was satisfied. didn't see it so much in the other south east asian countries though, the vietnamese defo seem to be the most aggressive.


Definitely, they get really abusive if you don't buy their shite or book a tour with them as well. One arsehole told me to fuck off cos I wouldn't book a tour out to some island with him in Nha Trang. And its the whole 'Oh where you from, Ireland? ah I had some one on my tour from there last week' shite that annoyed me as well. The other se asian people were much nicer. Took no for an answer.

[sullybags]

The airport in Lima is in a gaff called Callao...bananas bad...never mind the back doors of the cab...I locked my mouth

[sullybags]

and i shat my load

[shamoverhere]

Siberia, The Libyan desert and The Hi-Land in Newmarket.
In reverse order.

[west cork rebel]

Brixton. he he

[Superdave]

Siberia, The Libyan desert and The Hi-Land in Newmarket.
In reverse order.

siberia is dodge? explain. was hoping to take the trans siberian at the end of the year.....

[ho chi feen]

siberia is dodge? explain. was hoping to take the trans siberian at the end of the year.....

Sure you'll be grand, you'll be on the train, like.

[k974]

siberia is dodge? explain. was hoping to take the trans siberian at the end of the year.....


are you planning on organizing it yourself or are you going to do it with someone like www.vodkatrain.com ???

[Superdave]

are you planning on organizing it yourself or are you going to do it with someone like www.vodkatrain.com ???

fly solo. always the best way to do it.

[langerdinho]

Salvador, Brazil.

[PigCapitalist]

Salvador, Brazil.

rough enough I hear

[langerdinho]

yeah, had to sprint to taxi on two occasions at night with some yanks to get out alive. rio is dodgy too but if in group you are generally ok, loads of fellow backpackers in my hostel got done in rio but they were stupid, going around with cameras hangin off em etc. one of the lads got knife pulled on him on first night on cococabana beach and they blocked his air passage from bhind him around his neck until he passed out, he was robbed blind. another night in rio in lapa district, kids came down from favellas with guns and police came in and pepper sprayed entire street to disperse all the tourists. still a great spot to go on holiday, will be going back to brazil et all for few months in sept. you just have be vigilant and dress down to fit in with locals. Best party spot ive been to without a doubt.

[langerfuzzi]

up me hole after a session of jackeen juice, why cant we get good honest cork stout in brussels?

[ho chi feen]

why cant we get good honest cork stout in brussels?

You can, actually. I'm just trying to think where, not the big gaff on La Bourse (O'Reilly's?), not Celtica (although maybe?)... Kittie O'Shea's up by Berlaymont? If not, you've still got the maddest after-hours bar on the planet just up the road- Le Franklin. Crooked cops with pistols supping away, illegal immigrant barmaids, Romanian owner who's into racketeering, neighbourhood drunkards... spent many a happy night there.

[PigCapitalist]

up me hole after a session of jackeen juice, why cant we get good honest cork stout in brussels?

With the best breweries in the world, why would you want stout in Belgium? You can get the wild yeast lambic brewed by trappist monks ffs! http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Brews-Culture-Craftsmanship-Tradition/dp/0937381861

[ho chi feen]

With the best breweries in the world, why would you want stout in Belgium? You can get the wild yeast lambic brewed by trappist monks ffs!

Very true.

Love this bar in Brussels called Lop Lop. Well no, it's actually a shithole, but it's got in excess of 150 varieties of beer on sale- plus an oul'fella in the corner playing the piano. Whenever there's a fight, he speeds up his playing.

[Reef]

Just got off a bus into Nairobi which looks dodgy as fuck. Most dangerous thing I've done is probably the journey I just made through Northern Kenya. Shifta, or armed bandits, regularly hijack and rob trucks going through there.

Spent two days bouncing around on the back of a truck for 13 hours each day on an awful dirt track of a road, then a bus to here. Nothing happened, although we had a feen with a gun sitting on top with us as protection. We blew a tire last night after sunset as we were passing these dodgy looking guys - the bang was so loud I thought they shot at us, nearly fuckin fell off the truck with the fright so I did!

Hilarious in retrospect...

[Frag]

12th on mission in San Fran. Rough Spot. Id's

[captainshamrock]

Sorry but 2 am in Pat Graces is the scarest place on earth.

[Reef]

I was in the Congo the other day, a wee day trip to Goma. Scariest place I've ever been, easily.

[ho chi feen]

I was in the Congo the other day, a wee day trip to Goma. Scariest place I've ever been, easily.

Did ya get your hole?




















:p

[Nicewanbiy]

Kerry.

[Lostmeringtopaddypower]

Dunno if it was done before but Algiers. Bad scene.
Muslim shit.
Radical.

[DJ Smithy]

I was in Bosnia in 97 when the war had only just ended.

Although everyone told me I was nuts, the area I was going to had always been well inside Croat territory and had never been affected by the war. It's still cool to say I was in Bosnia in 97.

I was in Jerusalem myself when i was 7.
Which would have been 1991.
We traveled by ship from Cyprus, which was probably the nicest ship i was ever on, fond memories.

Ive lived a pretty safe life, i cant think of the most dangerous place i was in.


On a separate note.,,,,
So Ho Chi thats where you get your username from!

[ho chi feen]

I was in Jerusalem myself when i was 7.
Which would have been 1991.
We traveled by ship from Cyprus, which was probably the nicest ship i was ever on, fond memories.

Ive lived a pretty safe life, i cant think of the most dangerous place i was in.


On a separate note.,,,,
So Ho Chi thats where you get your username from!

Already had the name before then, comes from the man himself and not the city named after him.

[hayes1966]

The front room after my mother found out we were lifting the booze!

[Professor Piehead]

The front room after my mother found out we were lifting the booze!

' Listen you snot-nose little shit, I was takin' shrapnel in Khe Sanh when you were crappin' in your hands and rubbin' it on your face.'

[hayes1966]

' Listen you snot-nose little shit, I was takin' shrapnel in Khe Sanh when you were crappin' in your hands and rubbin' it on your face.'

I'm guessing when you came back you lived in a caravan on some roundabout in Limerick. By any chance do you have a plate in your head?

[strict66]

was in Israel two days and yitzik rabin (sic) got clipped. place was a bit tense for a bit after that . Didnt go near the west bank or gaza , why?
well what with riots , suicide bombers and trigger happy IDF all over the place didnt seem like a smart place to visit . Drank in the leprechaun bar in tel aviv which was suicide bombed by those two British Knobs .
Travelling on a bus there always made you think twice aswell . Never had much sympathy for the palestine cause after that . Sitting on the bus you see old people , mothers with their daughters and even arabs . So for anyone to denotate a bomb in those surroundings is a plain and simple cold cunt . And the fact that its celebrated like a world cup win in certain quarters ! well say no more . And for all you dying to tell what the Israelis get up to in gaza etc I know only too well and they also can be cold bastards

[Dr Armitage Shanks]

I spent two years working as a volunteer teacher in northern Nigeria. Went to Lagos just to see if it was as bad as I'd heard.

It was worse than I could ever have imagined. Some dude tried to carjack the taxi I was in, but thankfully the driver beat him off with a big stick he had in the cab.

[bricktop]

I spent two years working as a volunteer teacher in northern Nigeria. Went to Lagos just to see if it was as bad as I'd heard.

It was worse than I could ever have imagined. Some dude tried to carjack the taxi I was in, but thankfully the driver beat him off with a big stick he had in the cab.
Why Doctor Armitage, you look a little flushed!!!









I'll get me coat.

[POL]

I spent two years working as a volunteer teacher in northern Nigeria. Went to Lagos just to see if it was as bad as I'd heard.

It was worse than I could ever have imagined. Some dude tried to carjack the taxi I was in, but thankfully the driver beat him off with a big stick he had in the cab.
you should have popped a cap in his ass

[Dr Armitage Shanks]

The women are just as scary. Was walking down some street with a female friend when we passed two Lagos 'ladies'. One of them started hollering 'Hey white boy, you wanna have some jiggy jiggy - come on, my pussy is sweeter than hers'

[bricktop]

The women are just as scary. Was walking down some street with a female friend when we passed two Lagos 'ladies'. One of them started hollering 'Hey white boy, you wanna have some jiggy jiggy - come on, my pussy is sweeter than hers'
Classy burd.

[storysham]

Budapest during the riots 2 years ago!

[Del]

Being kidnapped in a taxi in Bolivia for about 20mins, felt like a few hours though

[krissovo]

LOL - EX Army so my list is interesting
91 - First Gulf War
92 > 96 Various places in Bosnia, most interesting from a danger point were Mostar, Vitez and Bihac.
94 - Rwanda, just after civil war as UN troops
99 - Kosovo, Very upseting as we used to escourt a Serb 4 year old to school to defend her from Albainiens. Twice were shot at, every day spat at and every other stoned and bricked.
99 - Bosina, was blown up by a land mine just outside Gornji vakuf. Ended my career.

Most dangerous place I have ever been to in my opinion was in Jamaica and ended up in a Yardie area and being questioned by them as they thought we were police.

[completeshite]

south side of Chicago gets a bit tasty, most dangerous was in Belgrade though, those Serbs are off their fucking nut

[Liathroidi Mor]

Belfast!!

[Liathroidi Mor]

Limerick..........so uthhill!!!

[average homeboy]

Spent 14 hours in a greyhound bus station in east LA after 20 hours flying. Only time I have ever been intimidated in any place I've been. Some mucho scary looking hombres kicking about the place. Spent the 14 hours holding on to my backpack trying to stay awake.

i was there for a few hours, i saw a crack-whores pussy, she was sitting down on the side of the road, wit her legs open and no panties on...i presume she had sold them for drugs

either side of her all down the road were people on their hand and knees, i couldnt believe my eyes

and yes, mucho scary hombres knockin around

[Wotalanger]

the glen

[LordWilmore]

South Central L.A.

[LawrenceSummers]

istanbul, very very very very nearly got killed twice. bunch of dirty robbing bastards out there, if them turks are allowed into europe im off outta here, not being racist, but they would put pikeys to shame

[LawrenceSummers]

or chow chow city in chinatown boston on a saturday night at 3am, best to get to know the heavily armed security guards and hopw they dont aim at you when things kick off

and as sure as shit stinks it will kick off there, i was insie when there was a drive by one night,

but overall. Limerick. without a shadow of a doubt

[Symphony]

Stayed in a crumbling hostel in the Bronx once; actually, centre Harlem.
As if that wasn't bad enough [we were the only white girls in the entire place!] we decided to walk back to our hostel [two of us] at midnight, after seeing Tommy Tiernan further into the city. It was a terrifying walk, ending with us legging it to the hostel, for our own safety.

*shudder* can still see all the black guys that surrounded us at one point, whispering about 'pretty little white girls' and closing in. actually terrifying.

[blackie]

cork con. disco 73/74

[Leila]

Hey there,
For some up to date Cork pics and weird stories, check out www.periphal-eye.blogspot.com
Most recent post: Hot Dogging Action
Have fun!
Leila

[alive_and_sleeping]

The sports forum when the SFI are about

[Nellboy]

LOL - EX Army so my list is interesting
91 - First Gulf War
92 > 96 Various places in Bosnia, most interesting from a danger point were Mostar, Vitez and Bihac.
94 - Rwanda, just after civil war as UN troops
99 - Kosovo, Very upseting as we used to escourt a Serb 4 year old to school to defend her from Albainiens. Twice were shot at, every day spat at and every other stoned and bricked.
99 - Bosina, was blown up by a land mine just outside Gornji vakuf. Ended my career.

Most dangerous place I have ever been to in my opinion was in Jamaica and ended up in a Yardie area and being questioned by them as they thought we were police.

NUTS!!!!...

how badly were you injured by the mine??? - if you don't mind me asking...

[krissovo]

NUTS!!!!...

how badly were you injured by the mine??? - if you don't mind me asking...

Nearly lost my leg below the knee, instead rebuilt my knee using plastic knee cap and ligaments from my hips. Lost the ends of a few fingers and now have no feeling in them. A piece of srapnel smashed into my mouth and broke all my front teeth and blew out a small piece of my upper jaw just below my nose.

Spent the next 3 years in rehab learning to walk as a live in patient and getting my face re-constructed.

All well and good now, new career, new wife.....Happy days!

[Alan Smith]

Santa P



No WUM

[olliebtown]

NUTS!!!!...

how badly were you injured by the mine??? - if you don't mind me asking...

What was your unit in the army krissovo?

[GE1212Y]

Banna Holiday centre on a bank holiday weekend...

[ho chi feen]

I went to Liverpool once.

[krissovo]

What was your unit in the army krissovo?

33 EOD, Bomb disposal - British Military I am afraid

[olliebtown]

Krissovo,
Did the military look after you after you got hurt.Are you still in the army.You should get combo for that i say.

[krissovo]

Krissovo,
Did the military look after you after you got hurt.Are you still in the army.You should get combo for that i say.

I had to leave and they looked after me up to a point, I re-trained in IT and they gave me £12k for the courses. I get a small War pension added to normal pension but not much more.

My problem is that the British Military state that I need to claim off NATO as I was not on a British led mission. NATO told me to "F" Off and that I claim through the British. Anyway it with the European courts at the moment after 8 years fighting in the UK and getting no where through the UK high courts.

[Superior]

I had to leave and they looked after me up to a point, I re-trained in IT and they gave me £12k for the courses. I get a small War pension added to normal pension but not much more.

My problem is that the British Military state that I need to claim off NATO as I was not on a British led mission. NATO told me to "F" Off and that I claim through the British. Anyway it with the European courts at the moment after 8 years fighting in the UK and getting no where through the UK high courts.

What a shower of assholes. Hope it works out for you.

[Mr.Mister]

Amsterdam when off my head!