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21 People Confess Their Most Horrifying Travel Experiences

6.

After 4 years in England, I flew back to the US into Charleston airport. My friend was a no-show, so I rented a car and started driving home. So much had changed in 4 years that I had to stop at a gas station and ask for directions. The person was having a hard time, so I said: “What road takes me East. I can find my way from there.” And she said: “Honey, if you go East, you’ll go into the ocean.” I was in Charleston SOUTH CAROLINA and was supposed to be in WEST VIRGINIA.

7.

Was taking a bus from Newcastle to London. We hadn’t even rolled out of the station before some dude goes for a dump an breaks the toilet causing the smell of poo to spread through bus for the next 6 or 7 hours.

8.

I was traveling for work – had not been feeling well for several days. I had a sneaking suspicion that I might have appendicitis. Decided to try to fly home and would go to the ER as soon as I landed. Get on the plane, taxi to the runway, and sat in a ground-hold for the better part of 2 hours. At this point I felt really, really bad. I was close to ringing the flight attendant call button and explaining that I needed to get off the plane. We were finally cleared for take-off, and fortunately it was a relatively short flight. I landed and drove straight to the ER. Three hours later I was in surgery to have my appendix removed. \In hindsight, it was an incredibly dumb move to try to fly.

9.

I was in Morocco with my parents and they started fighting. People were looking, it was wierd. Then my mom stormed off 5 minutes before the boat left to Spain, where our hotel was. We couldn’t just leave her so we had to wait at the dock for multiple hours waiting for her to come back. Then we had to sit there all night because boats didn’t go during the night. It sucked.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.