#Travel Challenges & Misadventures
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ShebsAlom
A4: Losing my luggage in the Amazon. Had to travel back to Lima without any clothes. It eventually turned up. That was a stressful time #TRLT
Nilemajesty
replying to @ShebsAlom @ShebsAlom That is the funniest thing ever that could ever happen to anyone not to mention in China #TRLT
LindaPeters64
RT @Ken_Budd: A3: Left my phone in an Uber after getting dropped off at this memorial park for Gandhi in Delhi. Somehow, despite the over-t…
ChinaMatt
Discovering that I couldn't use an ATM in Myanmar and I had to plan the next 6 days, plus my trip back to Yangon, with only the cash I brought. #trlt https://t.co/FcS9FLXCpa
RTWBarefoot
RT @ShebsAlom: A3: I was being driven to the terracotta warriors, the driver stoped at the middle of the highway and jumped over the guardr…
Nilemajesty
RT @Ken_Budd: A3: Left my phone in an Uber after getting dropped off at this memorial park for Gandhi in Delhi. Somehow, despite the over-t…
Nilemajesty
RT @ShebsAlom: A4: Losing my luggage in the Amazon. Had to travel back to Lima without any clothes. It eventually turned up. That was a str…
sumarumi
#TRLT A1 Memorable travel challenge/misadventure: one of our days at Petra was cut short by a flash flood. Government ordered an evacuation of the site, as three German tourists had drowned in the Siq the previous year. Water about a metre high as police drove us through the Siq.
Nilemajesty
RT @HeidiSiefkas: A4 I'm not a fan of heights, but I had to do it in #NewZealand. I've also done skydiving twice. You just have to talk yo…
ShebsAlom
replying to @Nilemajesty @Nilemajesty It wasn’t funny when he jumped out. I was like what’s going on. I went out and looked down and went ohh okay 😂 #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
#TRLT Q4 again: What is the most daunting challenge you’ve faced on The Road Less Travelled, and how did you overcome it? Show us a photo! via @afewmilesmore
Nilemajesty
RT @afewmilesmore: A3: When our tour boat rudder motor failed in @GlacierBayNPS, we got to spend extra time at the Johns Hopkins Glacier (w…
Nilemajesty
RT @BradtGuides: A3: On her trip to Vietnam, Head of Editorial Anna had to be evacuated through the flooded streets via canoe. All part of…
wheytruthlife
replying to @LindaPeters64 @LindaPeters64 @afewmilesmore A4. the very first high-altitude hike i did in Peru absolutely destroyed me. #trlt
StuartMHurlbut
replying to @BradtGuides @BradtGuides @LindaPeters64 @postcardsplaces And I appeared to let them into the bedroom...they escaped from the ensuite bathroom when I opened the door to go to the toilet. An ensuite with no electric light, water in a bucket and a long drop. It was scary when I saw the black wave approaching me from the toilet...#TRLT
Sputniktechno
replying to @Touchse @Touchse @afewmilesmore A4: ruptured my Achilles tendon while in a miniscule paradisiac atoll called #Ahe, #FrenchPolynesia. I was alone so it was the biggest #travel challenge ever for me to go back to civilization, go to hospital and ultimately return to Italy for surgery (took me one week!) #TRLT
ConciergeQ
A3. I tell this story often on Twitter and I don't have a photo. When I was in high school, my grandfather fell/walked into the sewer/"full" open manhole in downtown Acapulco. He recovered quickly and was fine--just an extremely bruised (and smelly) ego. #TRLT
findinganeish
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @postcardsplaces A3. On the subject of missed transportation, I’ll never forget the feeling of sitting on the train I expected to take me to Edinburgh (for Geneva) and instead watch the one at the next platform pull out of the station. #TRLT
tripwellness
A4: Lost in Granada. Wasn't told the Airbnb was in an alley. Wandered alone, dragging my luggage for nearly an hour before putting my fate in the hands of a kind young man. #thekindnessofstrangers via @afewmilesmore #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
RT @findinganeish: @RTWBarefoot @postcardsplaces A3. On the subject of missed transportation, I’ll never forget the feeling of sitting on t…
Touchse
replying to @StuartMHurlbut
@StuartMHurlbut @LindaPeters64 @postcardsplaces I've had some similar experiences and I'll never forget them. 5star hotel room that got filled with thousands of flying injects (no idea what they were but couldn't even breath, there were so many, yak!) and once there was a big spider on my pillow in Australia at 3 am.
#TRLT
ASolastie
replying to @BomaHills @BomaHills @BradtGuides A5: Definitely Mount Kenya and I hope I can do it next year. #TRLT
LindaPeters64
replying to @Ken_Budd
@Ken_Budd Love the outcome from this misadventure, Ken.
We met a couple in Jamaica, upset about overpaying our tour guide, I called him asked him to return 1/2 of the $$ and lucky for them he did.
I am still friends with the couple. 🙂
#TRLT
DrNeilMatthews
replying to @DrNeilMatthews
A4. they asked if I would like to return to Albania. I replied (reasonably, in my view): "In order for me to come back, you have to let me leave."
They let me leave
@afewmilesmore #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
RT @DrNeilMatthews: A4. they asked if I would like to return to Albania. I replied (reasonably, in my view): "In order for me to come bac…
BradtGuides
A4: São Tomé’s tallest mountain, the Pico de São Tomé, is no walk in the park. If you've always been too daunted to attempt it, this may help you out: https://t.co/5GBeBvbvPa #TRLT
LindaPeters64
RT @Touchse: @StuartMHurlbut @LindaPeters64 @postcardsplaces I've had some similar experiences and I'll never forget them. 5star hotel ro…
postcardsplaces
replying to @ChinaMatt @ChinaMatt Same! Only it was because we didn’t know there were no ATMs in Niger, so we had to spend a few days relying on the kindness of strangers until our parents could WesternUnion us some money. #trlt
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LindaPeters64
replying to @Touchse
@Touchse @StuartMHurlbut @postcardsplaces Scary moments, Mia. 😟
#TRLT
LindaPeters64
RT @wheytruthlife: @LindaPeters64 @afewmilesmore A4. the very first high-altitude hike i did in Peru absolutely destroyed me. #trlt
DrNeilMatthews
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @afewmilesmore I thought so. My other half's theory was that they thought: "This guy is an idiot, get him out of here..." #TRLT
LindaPeters64
A4: one of the most daunting challenges we faced on The
Road Less Travelled, was blowing
a tire on our motorcycle, late on a Sunday afternoon on the way home from an #Oregon roadtrip. Realizing shops were closed, we repaired the tire & made it home.
Q: via @afewmilesmore
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Touchse
replying to @StuartMHurlbut
@StuartMHurlbut @LindaPeters64 @postcardsplaces ...roaches are the worst! I remember literally hearing & smelling them at night in Australia, I lived in a 3-story building, top floor and they still snack in from the balcony door, it was just nasty. Sprayed my bedroom every night, just to be safe, hated that!
#TRLT
t_jh2009
replying to @HeidiSiefkas @HeidiSiefkas @afewmilesmore A4) As someone who has collected them for over 50 years I found it a challenge to find postcards in some countries in the last 5 years. Even at a few airports I've gotten strange looks because they don't seem to know what they are. ☹ #TRLT
findinganeish
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @afewmilesmore A4. Teachings English in Russia took me well outside of my comfort zone, especially the day my students drove me out into the middle of nowhere to a barbecue at an abandoned airport and horse-riding in the dark. #TRLT
BradtGuides
A4: How does cycling the Pamir Highway sound? To tackle it you need to be fit, have done your research and have a very hardy bicycle with plenty of spares. https://t.co/J4uY82g4qh #TRLT
RTWBarefoot
replying to @findinganeish @findinganeish @afewmilesmore awesome! And definitely sounds like a stereotype. Alcohol, I assume, was present in copious amounts? #trlt
RTWBarefoot
RT @DrNeilMatthews: @RTWBarefoot @afewmilesmore I thought so. My other half's theory was that they thought: "This guy is an idiot, get him…
Travel_Session
replying to @Travel_Session
A4- A hurricane was heading to Florida at the same time we were supposed to be flying back from #Jamaica. Half of our group was flying into Miami and the airport was closed. Took a lot of flight changes & carpooling to get everyone home.
#TRLT #travelingsession
LindaPeters64
RT @BradtGuides: A4: How does cycling the Pamir Highway sound? To tackle it you need to be fit, have done your research and have a very har…