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My daughter decided to visit over New Year. We had a nice time planned - shopping, dinners out, a movie, dinner with my son (so we could meet his new girlfriend).

Alas, this was not to be. 24 hours into the visit, my daughter developed a lovely gastro-intestinal virus. 24 hours straight of going at both ends (it's damned lucky I have two bathrooms) and another 48 hours of lying around in misery. A good time was not had by all.

Now I think I have the damned virus.

This was not the worst vacation ever, but it came close.

We've all had bad vacations. How bad were they? How were they bad?

I don't recall any of my vacations being bad.

EDIT: Before we get any "Did you actually take any vacations!?" wiseguys, yes, I visited Florida ~20 times (four grandparents there) and california twice (aunt and three cousins there).

2 girls 1 cup? okay that was low

Egypt is a steaming toilet full of harassing salesmen, boring history, everything bad that goes with heat and poverty (and I've been to Paris!)

In the winter of '03 I went to Michigan. I had a great time up until the second week of my trip when I went with my fiancé at the time to this all you can eat, Chinese buffet and I ate some oysters. Apparently they were bad or something because I spent the entire night and part of the morning, puking my insides out. I had to go to the hospital to get a shot in order to stop the pain and the puking. It was horrendous.

I spent the next 2 days drinking water by the gallons and eating chicken soup.

Chinese buffet and I ate some oysters..

asking for trouble surely :p

*snip*

Yeah, I rarely eat seafood that's not caught in the Great Lakes basin. The ocean isn't exactly close. Luckily, I absolutely love whitefish and lake perch.

I've never once had a bad vacation. I got mugged in Marseilles once, but I really didn't have anything in my wallet because I wasn't carrying any cash and I managed to slip my IDs and ATM card out as I was pulling my wallet out of my pocket. After that I continued to have a nice vacation.

I woke up one Christmas day with chicken pox. Sadly I was better before I had to go back to school.

I broke my neck in July, while bumming around Europe. But I did get a first class flight home which was cool.

I broke my neck in July, while bumming around Europe.

:eek:

How did you manage that?!

Knock on wood, I've never had a bad vacation. I have had a few times where I've been a bit sick on vacation, like when I was down in Venezuela, but I've always been blessed to have a good time. :)

:eek:

How did you manage that?!

Gravity is a bitch.

When I was a kid (10 I think) My family went to the island of Nantucket, I got poison ivy, then I almost cut the tip of my finger off slicing an orange, then I fell in a hole (at night) and broke my leg...That would not have been so bad, except, the cast went from toes to upper thigh, and the poison ivy was on the back of my knee...My mom's knitting needles almost made it, but weren't quite long enough, so I had to un-twist a coat hanger to scratch the patch...Needless to say, I can no break into almost any car effectively...

My almost worst vacation, I was caught with a glass pipe leaving Mexico, but after my almost heart attack, I realised that the customs agent either did not know what it was, or just didn't care, because he put it back in my bag without a word...curious, but good...

Ive never had a bad vaction, but you talking about trying to itch inside your cast reminded me of the time my brother got a pen lid stuck down his cast trying to itch underneath it. Was very funny to watch :D

Gravity is a bitch.

Come on now, there's got to be a story behind that one.

I know one guy who broke his neck. He was on patrol in Baghdad and when they started taking fire he dove over a low wall for cover. Of course, there was a 10 foot drop on the other side and he landed right on his forehead. Dude was lucky he lived, much less with almost no lasting injury.

Ive never had a bad vaction, but you talking about trying to itch inside your cast reminded me of the time my brother got a pen lid stuck down his cast trying to itch underneath it. Was very funny to watch :D

It is amazing how inovative one can be when one needs to be:tongue:

Come on now, there's got to be a story behind that one.

I know one guy who broke his neck. He was on patrol in Baghdad and when they started taking fire he dove over a low wall for cover. Of course, there was a 10 foot drop on the other side and he landed right on his forehead. Dude was lucky he lived, much less with almost no lasting injury.

There might be a story behind, but I don't remember because a) my head broke my fall and b) I was filthy, stinking drunk at the time.

Normally, I love visiting my family in Israel... Most of my family lives in a smaller city (Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv on the coast) away from most of the danger, but I decided to accept an invitation to visit one of my cousins in his new apartment in Jerusalem. I figured, hey, he just got out of the I.D.F., he got a nice new job, and his apartment is supposedly pretty nice... Why not?

I got there and I witnessed a suicide bombing that injured a dozen people, I was kept awake by gunfire several times, and the IDF had checkpoints everywhere... Granted, I enjoyed seeing the sights and chilling with my cousin and meeting his girlfriend, I just went during one of the turbulent hic-ups.. Shit happens, right?

Boston.

Overdone overpriced over packed hotel room, 95+ temperatures, hills.

There might be a story behind, but I don't remember because a) my head broke my fall and b) I was filthy, stinking drunk at the time.

I'm sure if you remembered the story it'd be awesome.

Normally, I love visiting my family in Israel... Most of my family lives in a smaller city (Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv on the coast) away from most of the danger, but I decided to accept an invitation to visit one of my cousins in his new apartment in Jerusalem. I figured, hey, he just got out of the I.D.F., he got a nice new job, and his apartment is supposedly pretty nice... Why not?

I got there and I witnessed a suicide bombing that injured a dozen people, I was kept awake by gunfire several times, and the IDF had checkpoints everywhere... Granted, I enjoyed seeing the sights and chilling with my cousin and meeting his girlfriend, I just went during one of the turbulent hic-ups.. Shit happens, right?

Reminds me of visiting friends in Detroit, just subtract the suicide bombings and possibly add more gunfire.

I'm sure if you remembered the story it'd be awesome..

The filthy, stinking drunk bit would seem to indicate so.

The Planet of the Apes. Damn filty stinky monkies![/joke]

I spent a week in MO to see the fiance's family. Their all poor, so there was no internet or cable. I spent the vast majority of the time reading, which, while great, gets boring when the only human companionship are hicks with a collective IQ of about 60.

Fiance was the only bright one aside from me, but she kinda ignored me in favor of seeing her family. Which is fair, because she hasnt seen them in a year. But it was still lame.

Disregard the last post as it said I never went on a real vacation. A month after I graduated from college my dad, who lived out of state, invited me and my then girlfriend down to visit for a week. I at first refused because I had a job interview, a phone bill to pay, and not enough money to make it down; after being insistent that they would pay the way back up, and cover my phone bill if I would only come down to stay that 1 week because they missed me so much, so I ignored my better judgment (something I always regret) and went to visit. I was stuck there a month and in that time lost my current job, my phone, my apartment, my job interview, AND my girlfriend. To top it off I had to deal with his wife's daughter's constant drama (she was like a 24 hour soap opera channel) and move in with my mom again when I got home... 3 years have past and I have still not fully recovered from it...

We've all had bad vacations. How bad were they? How were they bad?

I had a terrible vacation in January of last year. Let me set the scene for you. In New Zealand, the season of summer exists for a mere three weeks in the middle of February, otherwise it is pissing down with rain. On the other hand, in Queensland, there is perpetual sunshine and a permanent state of drought.

I went to Brisbane to visit a friend in January of last year for a month, and to my horror, for all but five days, it was bucketing down with rain. To add insult to injury, back home, it was wall to wall sunshine for the first time ever. Needless to say, I was pretty pissed off.

My daughter decided to visit over New Year. We had a nice time planned - shopping, dinners out, a movie, dinner with my son (so we could meet his new girlfriend).

Alas, this was not to be. 24 hours into the visit, my daughter developed a lovely gastro-intestinal virus. 24 hours straight of going at both ends (it's damned lucky I have two bathrooms) and another 48 hours of lying around in misery. A good time was not had by all.

Now I think I have the damned virus.

This was not the worst vacation ever, but it came close.

We've all had bad vacations. How bad were they? How were they bad?

You know I can't recall a bad one. I have had plenty of really good ones though!:D

I have been to Wales a couple of times

Every. Single. Vacation. Ever.

I feel sick on the plane. We wait hours for the hire car. Dad getting confused by foreigners driving on the other side. Mom unable to read maps. I sit in the back listening to them having a shouting match as we drive round and round in a big circle for hours. We finally get there. Its then so hot for the rest of the week that I hardly go outside. I hate the food so I hardly eat. Good for weight loss. Not for much else.

asking for trouble surely :p

Indeed it was. I learned that the hard way.:tongue:

we had a great experience on the beach once. it was a lovely evening in France, my g/f and i went out for a walk and found ourselves standing in a secluded cove as the sun was setting. it was beautiful, we were horny after spending most of a week with her family in a caravan, and we got to it. then a fisherman came round the corner. then it started to rain. lots. so we put our stuff back on, brushed the sand out of many, many places, and headed off back to the caravan. on the way there it got dark, we had no idea where we were, we had no shoes and were walking in the mud, cold, and pretty grumpy. eventually we found the road and got back ok, if a little wet. it was only then, however, i realised i left my fucking wallet at the beach....

thankfully, however, just as we were about to set off to search for it, glitzi's brother found it lying around in the caravan, so panic over. it wasn't an awful experience at all - it's quite a funny memory, really, but still... best not do it again :P

Spain 06. Terrorist scare back home just after we arrive, 46 degree temperatures so it was too hot to do anything, stomach bug, Israel was attacking Lebanon. Fun.

I'm sure if you remembered the story it'd be awesome.



Reminds me of visiting friends in Detroit, just subtract the suicide bombings and possibly add more gunfire.

Most of the gunshots were AK-47's, which leads me to believe the Palestinians were having one of their funky dances in the street where they shoot guns in the air and burn effigies.... You're right though, Detroit is probably worse with the gunfire.

Spain 06. Terrorist scare back home just after we arrive, 46 degree temperatures so it was too hot to do anything, stomach bug, Israel was attacking Lebanon. Fun.

Your Spanish experience really got botched there, right?:(

Anything with my family would qualify.
I'm SO glad they no longer kick up such a fuss about me coming home each christmas...

I got some nasty virus while traveling through the backwaters of Sub Sahara Africa with the wife years ago. Came back to the states and they couldnt figure out what it was. Testing and more testing proved nothing. It took two weeks of bed rest just to get into a condition to get around ok. It was probably 6 months total until I felt normal.

I still think I'm the only one who has actually lost a job because of a vacation... among other things, some more important to me.

I still think I'm the only one who has actually lost a job because of a vacation... among other things, some more important to me.

Nah my wife lost a job because of a vacation. It's probably not common but it does happen.

Nah my wife lost a job because of a vacation. It's probably not common but it does happen.

I was talking about here on NS, but yeah it does happen. My week long vacation turned into a month long nightmare that I still haven't quite recovered from.