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These 19 Tourist Horror Stories Will Make You Afraid To Travel

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Parents got mugged in Colombia. My brother and I were about 50yds ahead of them and heard my mom scream in panic. Sprinted back, just in time, to see her swing her purse around and connect. Guy went down hard thanks to the $1200 Nikon in her purse.

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I was a young horny guy in the navy and we just made it to Naples. My buddy and I take the train to Roma and after doing tourist stuff we head to a strip club. There’s no one in there but 2 women, the bartender and bouncers but we don’t care. They usher us over to a booth and the two women start flirting with us and we’re just having a good time. Without even asking the bartender pours us champagne. Each of us had 2 small glasses. We weren’t even there 45 minutes before we decide to pay and leave and we have a 1000 euro tab for the bottle service. We were escorted by the bouncers to an atm outside the club to made sure we paid. We know we were stupid and didn’t want any trouble so we paid and got the hell out.

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A cousin of mine bought cocaine from a street dealer in Ibiza, turned out to be some sort of laxatives. Him and 4 friends spent 3 days sitting in communal toilets.

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I was in Egypt and we were in a tour bus heading down the Sinai Peninsula to Sharm el-Sheikh. About half-way down the peninsula we stopped at a rest area. I really needed to relieve myself and ran to the restroom. I was undoing my belt and starting to pull down my pants as I entered into the stall (couldn’t hold it much longer), when this little bastard crawled out from being the toilet. I’m convinced he made an audible hissing noise, but that might have been me. I ran out there, pants half-down screaming “ankabut kabeer! ankabut kabeer!” Which means “big spider.” The owner sighed, grabbed a broom and chased him out of there.

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.