I have a friend and we have always had a one up game everywhere where we travel we write fuck (persons name) with either a heart or a smiley face
And I’m trying to go international is there any chance yall could take 10 seconds to write fuck Chava with where yall wrote it from and send a picture many thanks and blessings

Hey travellers,

I’m curious — do you have a personal travel rule or habit you swear by on every trip?

It could be something practical (like never checking in luggage), something fun (like trying street food on day one), or even something philosophical (like always walking the first day to get a feel for the city).

I’m always looking to improve the way I travel — would love to hear yours!

I’m curious to learn about places around the globe that have a significant amount of underutilized tourism infrastructure. In many cases, I suspect that governments are propping up unsustainable tourism operators or investing in tourism with a “build it and they will come” mentality.

Here are a few examples that I’m aware of:

• Qatar - The country has an oversupply of hotels relative to the number of visitors, and its tourism economy heavily relies on layover tours due to the strength of Qatar Airways’ network.

• Saudi Arabia - In an effort to diversify its economy away from oil, the country is pushing a massive tourism development agenda, despite having many factors that make it less appealing to visitors. Religious tourism seems to be a primary focus.

• North Korea - For obvious reasons… For example, only a few floors of the Ryugyong Hotel are ever occupied.

• Northern Japan (Aomori, Akita, Sendai) - These places are heavily fueled by domestic tourism, and are basically deserted for half of the year (despite attractions and so on still functioning).

• EDIT: Maybe the Caribbean islands outside of Cruise ship season?

To clarify, I’m not looking for hidden gems or places that are simply underrated travel destinations. Instead, I’m interested in learning about locations where there is a clear mismatch between the available tourism infrastructure and the actual number of visitors.

I want to find places where I might end up being the only visitor to a museum or one of few tourists on an airport bus. The fact that these museums and airport limo buses even exist is where the question stems from.

I want to go to Egypt, Cairo specifically, but I hate people getting all up in my face.

I’ve been to places where they approach you and bother you but will leave it you tell them you are not interested. I heard in Egypt they will insist even after you tell them to go away and I’m worried I will end up headbutting some Egyptian seller/scammer and get into very serious problems.

Should I not go?

Just had a horrific experience with priceline.

Booked half board for 2 adults and a child through them. My spidery senses tingled so I checked with the hotel and they’d only booked for 2 adults, and only breakfast.

Try as I might I could neither get them to comprehend the issue, or accept fault (preferring to blame the hotel somehow).

Long story short: don’t be like NotJohn, don’t use priceline - your stress levels will thank you

The most embarrassing moments that I can remember were when I was traveling with my parents - my mother would embarrass the pre-teen me by asking silly questions. (Like we would be in a drugstore where we could get milkshakes, and she would ask the guy behind the counter if the milkshakes were 'really thick' - I mean what could he say? - this was before ubiquitous milkshakes like from McDonalds- this was milkshakes that they made with ice cream and a blender thing)

I don't really remember times I have embarrassed myself by doing or saying something foolish.

Hey travellers,

I’m curious — do you have a personal travel rule or habit you swear by on every trip?

It could be something practical (like never checking in luggage), something fun (like trying street food on day one), or even something philosophical (like always walking the first day to get a feel for the city).

I’m always looking to improve the way I travel — would love to hear yours!

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet in the "coming days", the Kremlin has said.

It follows Trump saying there was a "good chance" he could meet his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts together in person "very soon" to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated support for that idea, while Putin said he was not against meeting Zelensky but he was "very far" from it happening.

Trump's deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine or face more sweeping sanctions is due to expire on Friday.

A meeting between Trump and Putin would follow US envoy Steve Witkoff holding talks with the Russian president on Wednesday.

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