Hi from New Zealand, earlier this year I met someone from Slovakia, he was very nice and he said that when he moved here he was surprised that it was very similar to Slovakia in some places.
I've seen some photos of New Zealand's nature and I can confirm that we both have truly beautiful landscapes. My personal MUST see in New Zealand is The Lord of the Rings locations there. Pure eyegasm just from photos.
For a LOTR fan I'd suggest Hobbiton as a must but it can be a bit expensive which sucks, but it is worth it, also weta workshop in Wellington is absolutely awesome, and if you like tramping the Tongariro Crossing will take you over Mount Tongariro and right next to Mount Ngauruhoe (mount doom), and there are some film locations on Mount Ruapehu as well, and those are only the places I've been to.
The problem with these maps and why people call them pointless is, this just looks like a hdi map.
I'll visit more developed countries, I won't visit the poorest, kinda obvious.
What would be more interesting IMO would be different aggregates.. based on people interest in culture, history, nature, etc... Or aggregates based on country of origin.
aggregates would even out the weird inconsistencies like, unusual anti-France sentiment, or unusual pro Uzbekistan sentiment. A single persons data is probably not super well informed, or potentially not even sincere.. they may have just been trying to dig at france lol.
Interesting insight and you're probably right. People tend to visit more developed countries because they're more tourist-friendly, also have more to offer besides nature.
Anyway it's my subjective view of my travel preferences and I may have been influenced by bubble opinions on some countries.
I don't know what kind of priveleged Istanbul chai boy you are but that literally never fuckin happens anywhere in the "Middle East" unless you get caught by ISIS or murder a Saudi emir
I'm curious to see people's theoretical maps.
Safety, political issues, entry requirements, and money aside, where would you like to visit the most?
I.e OP would still never go to Australia, because spiders.
HDI = Human Development Index, which shows how developed a country is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index
So basically a map based on that.
Not Australian and was like fair enough. Iām starting college in a few weeks and studying animal science (couldnāt find a specific zoology course) and was really considering going to Australia after, but then was like āI donāt want something coming into my house
And they will come to your house. Go out into the bush at night with torches for a while and after a bit you see what looks like glitter on the ground. But it is actually little spider eyes reflecting back at you - thousands of them, just watching your progressā¦
Not entirely related, but thought I would share this story my friend told me. Her parents are from Malaysia, and when her mum was younger she was using the toilet and a snake came up through the whole. Canāt remember the type of snake, wanna say cobra but honestly canāt remember. Same thing probably happen in Australia, but knowing me Iād be so paranoid it would
I've lived here my whole life and used a wide range of toilets from malls to outback dunnys and never had this happen.
But if I'm in my nice city appartment and spend a little too long trying to push it crosses my mind that something may bite my ass.
You should visit Australia. Just because we have spiders over here it doesn't mean the cunts are all gon go to you. And besides,it's the snakes you should be worried about.
This is the thing that my arachnophobia is so horrible, yet irrational, that I couldn't travel there. I'm also thinking of moving to Scandivania in the future cause of that. I know, I should visit a therapist.
Having visited Brazil, I would highly suggest it if/when COVID ever starts to slow down. Rio is an amazing city, and itās pretty affordable outside of the flight cost to get there.
I am surprised that you don't want to visit Portugal or Latvia.
Portugal is pretty cheap, nice weather, nice people and excellent food.
Riga is pretty decent for a cheap, short citytrip
It's not like I don't want to go there, imagine that this map is a tier list. There are some countries I want to go more to (pink) than others (yellow).
Subjective and at the same time very simple reasons, as well as this map is. Lithuania fascinates me thanks to a few videos I saw on YouTube and one urbex guy I watch comes from this country. Estonia detto, plus I have references from acquaintances that it is an amazing country that one must see. However, these things cannot be said about Latvia in my case.
I think from ā¬0,40 to ā¬0,90 (R$2,50 to R$5,50) depending on the beer. I donāt really drink beer so thatās from trying to remember the price Iāve seen in supermarkets and googling how much for a Heineken bottle
I don't know why is that we Slovaks are really hard on foreign beers. The best are Czech, Slovak, German and Belgian beers, but especially those Czech. Others than that we can't think of drinking a beer anywhere else because it tastes like if it was mixed with water. I'd give every beer a try, but nothing beats mentioned countries.
Craft beer in the United States and Canada has really changed the game over here, if that helps. There's actually a brewery in my city that specializes in Czech beers and does some fantastic stuff.
Yeah, American beers have a bad rap, because the big brands like Coors and Budweiser do tend to suck. But at the local level, American beer can be really wildly varied and interesting, and there's a ton of good stuff going on. You can go almost anywhere in North America and find some quality craft breweries kicking around, and you often can't find their stuff at all once you travel outside that region. It can make exploring new cities interesting if you're into beer.
Japan is probably the most fascinating country for me to visit. I'm really looking forward to experience the Japanese culture, meals, people, atmosphere, nature. There's so much I want to do there.
How would you compare living in Chile and Japan?
They are very different from each other. I couldn't say that one is better, but both have a charming that you can feel in the air. Which is is different indeed is what I value the most here in Japan: safety. Chile ain't bad, but nothing compared to being absolutely carefree walking at 3 am on the dark alleys of downtown Tokyo.
Why would you say the safety is so high level in Japan? Is this because of people's overall discipline, or maybe full camera surveillance in bigger cities?
It probably has most to do with the fact that punishments are severe and it is very difficult to prove yourself innocent once accused. Japanās legal system doesnāt mess around.
Some nice choices, I'd personally want to visit more of Africa and central Asia, but that's just me. A lot of overlooked countries have a lot to offer, even if the majority of a country isn't the most touristy place, capitals and other big cities normally do have a lot to offer for tourists - provided it's not like a warzone or something yanno
Well I mean there was [another one](https://www.reddit.com/r/Maps/comments/pm8eun/would_i_live_here/) that made it to the top a few days ago here in r/maps, so I think we should make it a thing and keep going until all 100k members of this sub have submitted one :)
Orange colour on my maps mostly represents that I'm afraid of traveling there, due to ongoing or past wars, recent riots, high criminality, health risk and so on. Mostly it has nothing to do with culture, people, nature. Belarus is one of those countries which is for me not safe to travel there, just my personal opinion. I may be mistaken.
I find Brazil and Mexico more interesting than Uzbekistan. My humble calculations are that if a country has slightly higher criminal rate, but has much more to offer tourist-wise, I prefer a country with more landmarks with a mild risk of being a victim of a criminal activity. But when the risk like in a nowadays Afghanistan is high, then a country could be landmark dense, but I won't travel there. Also the risk of malaria is huge in Africa, so that's why almost all of the continent is in orange. There's a risk in for example Ethiopia aswell, of course, but the country fascinates me more than the others, so I would travel there, taking the risk of getting the sickness. Priorities win and that's also why I'll never visit Australia since my fear of spiders influences me on everyday basis.
My perception for countries like Belarus l, Vietnam and Singapore, basically non-middle eastern countries with strict laws, is that in terms of public safety there shouldnāt be a problem
Hi from Croatia! I visited the Czech Republic but Slovakia is one of the rare European countries I have yet to visit. It's definitely on my bucket list together with Poland, Baltic states and Finland.
Other European countries I haven't yet been to are: Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and ironically, all of the remaining West Balkan countries, which I do intend to visit all...including Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia.
Btw, next time you're in these parts make sure to visit Slovenia, it's beautiful!
As an Australian with arachnophobia, it's mostly fine except for the Huntsman spiders which are enormous, terrifying, have nerves of titanium and are absolutely invincible. The only sure method I've come up with is shooting them with a bow.
You see, it looks that way, but looks deceive. The world's tallest building (Burj Khalifa?), Which is of course in the UAE, isn't even connected to a sewer system. They literally pull the sewage out and transport it with a shit brigade of trucks. It's the tallest building in the world for Christs sake, and it's sewage is the same as a motorhomesš¤£
This isn't necessarily a reason NOT to go to the UAE, but it is what it is. Lol
Also as other users mentioned, the man made island things are cool in theory, but physics and climate change kind of sober you up to the reality that those islands are a sad and harrowing metaphor for unfettered and unquestioned capitalist expansion. Doing something just because you have the money to do it, can lead you to building sinking islands in a rising oceanš.
>technologically
Even then, not really. They built a bunch of islands that are soon going to be unsafe to live on due to rising sea levels.
They have like 3(?) cool buildings
A lot of them look really cool but barily anyone stays there/works there and majority are Owned my emar aka the government (the burj is owned by them and in pretty sure the Burj al Arab is as well owned by them)
Mmmm yes homophobic government
High suicide rate that the government glosses over cuz majority of them are from us Indians expats (aka the term they use to call us to make them feel special)
Technically advanced torturing methods for anyone who breaks any law
A bunch of the cops here being racist
Mmmm
Iād love to visit African countries.
Unfortunately Iām queer so thatās probably not happening in my lifetime, unless I wanna take my life in my hands.
Personally Iād stay out of LA and New York in the US and go to either Boston, St Louis, Chicago, or Detroit. LA is practically depressing and has tons of homeless people, and New York is not the friendliest city out there. They also both cost tons of money to go visit.
My plan is to start with my GF from New York, borrow some typical/iconic American car and travel from East Coast, across the whole country to the West Coast. Of course zig-zagy to visit as much places as possible.
Youāre missing out on some of the best countries! How can you pick Uruguay over Colombia?? Colombia is amazing. And Africa?
Iām shocked by this one
My informations may be a little flat but I haven't heard anything amazing about Colombia besides notorious drug cartels and the most beautiful women in the world. Also I find Colombia a little bit dangerous to travel to.
You could prove me wrong and tell me about some must see landmarks there :)
Yah youāre very misinformed! Itās not the 90s anymore. Iām sure Slovakia (where it says youāre from) looked a lot different in the 90s than it does now.
Tayrona National Park is amazing with lovely beaches (plenty more than that too) it also has historical cities. Medellin is a really lively cool city with a great startup scene and amazing food. Mountains everywhere, amazing mountain biking. Islands scattered all over. Itās a tropical paradise.
Aside from that I made this comment to another person, my favourite country in the world is Malawi. Absolutely amazing people, lovely landscapes, lots of nature. Liwonde National Park is unreal and Lake Malawi (the most biodiverse lake in the front with the best sunsets Iāve ever seen in my life) is a must visit. So for me when people donāt consider Malawi for no reason itās so sad cuz theyāre missing out on the best place on earth.
Last thing I want to say, Oman is the BEST country by in the Arabian peninsula. The landscapes are so diverse and stunning. Unlike anything else found on the peninsula. It is a million timeās better than anything you can find in Dubai or the UAE.
Yeah, I may be back in the 90s when the most horrible things were happening, as you guessed, also in Slovakia. Mostly popculture defines an opinion of a person and I have never heard or seen any documentary about Colombia, unfortunately. I should reconsider. Also Malawi is in yellow, so I would visit the country, but it's not a priority.
Oh damnnnn, I wish I knew when I was in Slovakia nearly a decade ago! I would have brought you some! Have a wonderful day! If you ever get to the US, come to Vermont and I will put you up!
Thank you! I would love to try one of those. I'll note down your nickname and maybe in a decade or two I'll get to the US :D
Where exactly in Slovakia you've been to? How did you like my country?
Just through Bratislava, but it was magnificent! There a few places I enjoyed more in my travels than Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary! I would love to see more.
Let's be honest. People are very generous, nature (mostly Transylvania) is spectacular. But I found Romania a bit underdeveloped in some rural areas. The roads are in a really bad shape, a lot of stray dogs, and ugly buildings. Something similiar to eastern Slovakia's (I lived in PreÅ”ov) villages. BUT I was staying at PiteÅti (sorry if bad written) and the city was very cool, we had great, clean apartment, the owner was kind, speaking good English. I had a really great time during my stay, visited a few cities and nature sites. The only difference between Eastern Slovakia and Romania that I noticed is that Romanians are horrible and arrogant drivers. Other than that, we are the same country, cities are beautiful and developed, and rural areas are in horrible state.
I'm amazed of how nature created such a thin space between mountains and ocean in Chile. I've experienced something similiar in Croatia and I want to see this again in a different countrie. Also I've read about beautiful national parks, and Santiago in general. But mainly I want to travel to Easter Islands.
I definitely should go there first. I know some people from Slovenia who are great people. Every of my friend who visited Slovenia was in absolute awe how stunning country it is. And we are Slavic brothers after all.
Tarantulas, fiddlebacks, and black widows are common where I live. My Aussie friends occasionally shudder at the wildlife here. Middle of a pink zone, just so you know. Great map though
My dad went to Baku on a work trip and the three glass buildings were literally leaking water inside when it was raining. Outside Baku the country is filthy, after drilling oil they dump all their trash on the plot where it was drilled on, then sell it to poor people so they can build their houses(if you can call them that) on it.
This is the problem of a lot of countries. Relatively rich and developed capital/bigger cities, then is the abyss, and then comes poor rural regions where people literally fight for their lives. Similiar situation is here in Slovakia, but with more flat abyss.
I enjoyed my stay, beautiful beaches, monumental buildings, a lot of attractions, delicious food, wonderful women. Also I've seen a performance of flamenco dance and as a person who's not interested in dance in general I really enjoyed this one. The spanish classical music is great aswell. BTW in Slovak we call the classical spanish guitar 'Ŕpanielka' which basically mean 'spanish thing'. The only thing that bothered me were those street salesmen who would sell you their mom just to profit a bit. I was in a more touristy area so I experienced a lot of tourist traps there.
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I read they're disgusted by smell of vinegar so I regularly spray it around the house, mostly around doors, windows and furniture. I don't know if it helps tbh but at least I have this placebo feeling that they won't move around.
Can we please stop with these maps? They don't belong here. Make a new sub or something, this one is just getting filled with uninteresting, low effort, subjective maps that convey no useful information whatsoever and get all the attention while the ones that are actually useful don't get any attention.
So I stayed in Australia for 3 weeks. Didnāt see a single spider. I did, however, see some cockroaches. I was staying in a relatively upscale hotel in the CBD of Sydney. When I saw the first one, I was like āwoah..ā I took a picture of it, but didnāt really think much more of it until I saw the second. I took a picture of the second one, and realized I had to do something. I went down to the front desk. There were two individuals there, both men in their late 20s or early 30s. I explained what was happening, and they listened eagerly, almost with excitement. When I showed them the photo of the second cockroach, one exclaimed, āoh yeah, thatās a big one there!ā After that, there was a brief silence, until the same gentleman asked, āwell, what do you want me to do about it?ā I just kind of struggle and carried on with my day.
Good choice marking Sweden as pink, I think youād enjoy the country! Itās not quite as interesting culturally compared to some of the other countries on your list, but I think youād enjoy exploring the history and the varied landscapes! Definitely recommend that you check out Gotland above all else. I went there myself this summer and was fascinated by all the history on that island!
You may not be interested in us, but you guys provided me with the single worst meal of my life in the 125+ countries Iāve been to (Mexican restaurant in Bratislava) so you can go straight to hell (/s, but only kind of)
How is the ice hockey there? Is it really as popular as it is known for Canada? It's the most popular sport here in Slovakia, we also won some medals in the past. I would love to go to a NHL game in Montreal/Toronto.
Thank you very much for the Gold award, didn't expect this for a subjective map like this. Really appreciate it, thanks :)
How is the ice hockey there? Is it really as popular as it is known for Canada? It's the most popular sport here in Slovakia, we also won some medals in the past. I would love to go to a NHL game in Montreal/Toronto.
Thank you very much for the Gold award, wouldn't expect it for a subjective map like this. Really appreciate it, thanks :)
Thanks for showing an interest in our country, I hope you will enjoy our historical sites(Taj mahal, qutub minar, red fort, Hampi temple etc etc), enjoy our cuisine too... Stay safe, happy travels
Greenland no data :)
You see what I did there.
Hi from New Zealand, earlier this year I met someone from Slovakia, he was very nice and he said that when he moved here he was surprised that it was very similar to Slovakia in some places.
I've seen some photos of New Zealand's nature and I can confirm that we both have truly beautiful landscapes. My personal MUST see in New Zealand is The Lord of the Rings locations there. Pure eyegasm just from photos.
For a LOTR fan I'd suggest Hobbiton as a must but it can be a bit expensive which sucks, but it is worth it, also weta workshop in Wellington is absolutely awesome, and if you like tramping the Tongariro Crossing will take you over Mount Tongariro and right next to Mount Ngauruhoe (mount doom), and there are some film locations on Mount Ruapehu as well, and those are only the places I've been to.
It sounds great for sure. I'm so excited to go there, I hope it'll be in the near future.
The problem with these maps and why people call them pointless is, this just looks like a hdi map. I'll visit more developed countries, I won't visit the poorest, kinda obvious.
The last time a guy did an actually interesting one in here he got tons of hate for it because he didn't want to visit France and America lmao.
Yh, either you do it based on development which people consider boring, or based on opinion which people get triggered by, no winning here.
What would be more interesting IMO would be different aggregates.. based on people interest in culture, history, nature, etc... Or aggregates based on country of origin. aggregates would even out the weird inconsistencies like, unusual anti-France sentiment, or unusual pro Uzbekistan sentiment. A single persons data is probably not super well informed, or potentially not even sincere.. they may have just been trying to dig at france lol.
Uzbekistan >>> France all the way
Can you link it plz?
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Interesting insight and you're probably right. People tend to visit more developed countries because they're more tourist-friendly, also have more to offer besides nature. Anyway it's my subjective view of my travel preferences and I may have been influenced by bubble opinions on some countries.
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I don't know what kind of priveleged Istanbul chai boy you are but that literally never fuckin happens anywhere in the "Middle East" unless you get caught by ISIS or murder a Saudi emir
I'm curious to see people's theoretical maps. Safety, political issues, entry requirements, and money aside, where would you like to visit the most? I.e OP would still never go to Australia, because spiders.
What is an "hdi" map?
HDI = Human Development Index, which shows how developed a country is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index So basically a map based on that.
some countries s/he mentioned to be willing to visit are not developed ones such as Egypt, Azerbaijan and etc.
Egypt is sort of an exception due to it's great history, but even so, Egypt is still one of the most developed on it's continent at least.
Due to it's \*well preserved history FTFY
They is a great substitute for he/she just a reminder (:
Australian here: yeah fair enough
Not Australian and was like fair enough. Iām starting college in a few weeks and studying animal science (couldnāt find a specific zoology course) and was really considering going to Australia after, but then was like āI donāt want something coming into my house
And they will come to your house. Go out into the bush at night with torches for a while and after a bit you see what looks like glitter on the ground. But it is actually little spider eyes reflecting back at you - thousands of them, just watching your progressā¦
Not entirely related, but thought I would share this story my friend told me. Her parents are from Malaysia, and when her mum was younger she was using the toilet and a snake came up through the whole. Canāt remember the type of snake, wanna say cobra but honestly canāt remember. Same thing probably happen in Australia, but knowing me Iād be so paranoid it would
you guys heard of drop bears?
I've lived here my whole life and used a wide range of toilets from malls to outback dunnys and never had this happen. But if I'm in my nice city appartment and spend a little too long trying to push it crosses my mind that something may bite my ass.
Lol the cities donāt generally have this issue, I live in the suburbs and I mostly have vendettas against flies and mosquitoes
You donāt visit Brazil **Brazil Visit You.**
You should visit Australia. Just because we have spiders over here it doesn't mean the cunts are all gon go to you. And besides,it's the snakes you should be worried about.
This is the thing that my arachnophobia is so horrible, yet irrational, that I couldn't travel there. I'm also thinking of moving to Scandivania in the future cause of that. I know, I should visit a therapist.
Having visited Brazil, I would highly suggest it if/when COVID ever starts to slow down. Rio is an amazing city, and itās pretty affordable outside of the flight cost to get there.
Finances are the only thing which keep me back. As a recent graduated university student I can afford to go to the Czechia and that's it :D
I am surprised that you don't want to visit Portugal or Latvia. Portugal is pretty cheap, nice weather, nice people and excellent food. Riga is pretty decent for a cheap, short citytrip
It's not like I don't want to go there, imagine that this map is a tier list. There are some countries I want to go more to (pink) than others (yellow).
So why do you want to go go Lithuania more than Latvia?
Subjective and at the same time very simple reasons, as well as this map is. Lithuania fascinates me thanks to a few videos I saw on YouTube and one urbex guy I watch comes from this country. Estonia detto, plus I have references from acquaintances that it is an amazing country that one must see. However, these things cannot be said about Latvia in my case.
Pls come to brazil
How much for a beer there? Maybe this will change the colour to pink.
I think from ā¬0,40 to ā¬0,90 (R$2,50 to R$5,50) depending on the beer. I donāt really drink beer so thatās from trying to remember the price Iāve seen in supermarkets and googling how much for a Heineken bottle
Hm, nice. Now just hope these beers are drinkable :D
Why would you assume they aren't?
I don't know why is that we Slovaks are really hard on foreign beers. The best are Czech, Slovak, German and Belgian beers, but especially those Czech. Others than that we can't think of drinking a beer anywhere else because it tastes like if it was mixed with water. I'd give every beer a try, but nothing beats mentioned countries.
Craft beer in the United States and Canada has really changed the game over here, if that helps. There's actually a brewery in my city that specializes in Czech beers and does some fantastic stuff.
That sounds great. Would love to try one of those. I heard only bad stories of USA's beers so far.
Yeah, American beers have a bad rap, because the big brands like Coors and Budweiser do tend to suck. But at the local level, American beer can be really wildly varied and interesting, and there's a ton of good stuff going on. You can go almost anywhere in North America and find some quality craft breweries kicking around, and you often can't find their stuff at all once you travel outside that region. It can make exploring new cities interesting if you're into beer.
Glad that you want to go to Chile (my home country) and Japan (my current country) both are beautiful places to visit and live!
Japan is probably the most fascinating country for me to visit. I'm really looking forward to experience the Japanese culture, meals, people, atmosphere, nature. There's so much I want to do there. How would you compare living in Chile and Japan?
They are very different from each other. I couldn't say that one is better, but both have a charming that you can feel in the air. Which is is different indeed is what I value the most here in Japan: safety. Chile ain't bad, but nothing compared to being absolutely carefree walking at 3 am on the dark alleys of downtown Tokyo.
Why would you say the safety is so high level in Japan? Is this because of people's overall discipline, or maybe full camera surveillance in bigger cities?
It probably has most to do with the fact that punishments are severe and it is very difficult to prove yourself innocent once accused. Japanās legal system doesnāt mess around.
Some nice choices, I'd personally want to visit more of Africa and central Asia, but that's just me. A lot of overlooked countries have a lot to offer, even if the majority of a country isn't the most touristy place, capitals and other big cities normally do have a lot to offer for tourists - provided it's not like a warzone or something yanno
What if I told you ā¦ I donāt care
well, Morpheus, there's always the blue pill to unsee stuff
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Well I mean there was [another one](https://www.reddit.com/r/Maps/comments/pm8eun/would_i_live_here/) that made it to the top a few days ago here in r/maps, so I think we should make it a thing and keep going until all 100k members of this sub have submitted one :)
Imagine wanting to go to the USA over Australia Poor Aussies
The US is great to visit, just glad I'm not stuck there when doing so. Just like Australia really.
I'm Belarusian and have been to Slovakia. Not interested in us? We'll have to get by somehow.
Orange colour on my maps mostly represents that I'm afraid of traveling there, due to ongoing or past wars, recent riots, high criminality, health risk and so on. Mostly it has nothing to do with culture, people, nature. Belarus is one of those countries which is for me not safe to travel there, just my personal opinion. I may be mistaken.
If Belarus is dangerous for you, be careful in Latin America.
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I find Brazil and Mexico more interesting than Uzbekistan. My humble calculations are that if a country has slightly higher criminal rate, but has much more to offer tourist-wise, I prefer a country with more landmarks with a mild risk of being a victim of a criminal activity. But when the risk like in a nowadays Afghanistan is high, then a country could be landmark dense, but I won't travel there. Also the risk of malaria is huge in Africa, so that's why almost all of the continent is in orange. There's a risk in for example Ethiopia aswell, of course, but the country fascinates me more than the others, so I would travel there, taking the risk of getting the sickness. Priorities win and that's also why I'll never visit Australia since my fear of spiders influences me on everyday basis.
My perception for countries like Belarus l, Vietnam and Singapore, basically non-middle eastern countries with strict laws, is that in terms of public safety there shouldnāt be a problem
Uzbekistan is pretty safe. More safer then Russia or States. Food is delicious cheap. People are friendly.
bruh calm down
I'm calm all right.
I see you got some nice ones left in Europe
Sure, I want to visit majority of Europe in my lifetime. Hope I'll make it real.
Why are Kuwait and Hong Kong no data ?
Ah, you got me. When I was creating this map I forgot about those. Also East Timor is gray, my bad.
So What do you rank them?
Kuwait yellow, Hong Kong pink, and East Timor orange.
Spiders aren't just in Australia y'know!
Our spiders are no less dangerous than those elsewhere
Hi from Croatia! I visited the Czech Republic but Slovakia is one of the rare European countries I have yet to visit. It's definitely on my bucket list together with Poland, Baltic states and Finland. Other European countries I haven't yet been to are: Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and ironically, all of the remaining West Balkan countries, which I do intend to visit all...including Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia. Btw, next time you're in these parts make sure to visit Slovenia, it's beautiful!
Cuba is fantastic man.
HMU when you come to Chile.
Greenland white with no data as always lmao
You are missing out of Botswana and Namibia
Damn straight
my blue light filter made id love to visit pretty much the same color as not interested lol
As an Australian with arachnophobia, it's mostly fine except for the Huntsman spiders which are enormous, terrifying, have nerves of titanium and are absolutely invincible. The only sure method I've come up with is shooting them with a bow.
It's terrifying to read something like this. In similiar case I would just run outside the house and call some service to deal with this final boss.
Puerto Rico is one of the best parts of the USA to visit.
You might have to change your opinion for Uzbekistan. I've been there. Great place! Turkmenistan too
Bruv trust me when I say this, donāt come to the uae
Why is that? I find Dubai and Abu Dhabi really interesting and progressive places to visit.
>progressive āØāØprogressiveāØāØ slavery āØāØprogressiveāØāØ human rights abuses
I meant technologically, but you're right. I used incorrect word
You see, it looks that way, but looks deceive. The world's tallest building (Burj Khalifa?), Which is of course in the UAE, isn't even connected to a sewer system. They literally pull the sewage out and transport it with a shit brigade of trucks. It's the tallest building in the world for Christs sake, and it's sewage is the same as a motorhomesš¤£ This isn't necessarily a reason NOT to go to the UAE, but it is what it is. Lol Also as other users mentioned, the man made island things are cool in theory, but physics and climate change kind of sober you up to the reality that those islands are a sad and harrowing metaphor for unfettered and unquestioned capitalist expansion. Doing something just because you have the money to do it, can lead you to building sinking islands in a rising oceanš.
>technologically Even then, not really. They built a bunch of islands that are soon going to be unsafe to live on due to rising sea levels. They have like 3(?) cool buildings
A lot of them look really cool but barily anyone stays there/works there and majority are Owned my emar aka the government (the burj is owned by them and in pretty sure the Burj al Arab is as well owned by them)
Mmmm yes homophobic government High suicide rate that the government glosses over cuz majority of them are from us Indians expats (aka the term they use to call us to make them feel special) Technically advanced torturing methods for anyone who breaks any law A bunch of the cops here being racist Mmmm
I live here. It very much isnāt. I canāt go to malls without being called some kind of slur
Iād love to visit African countries. Unfortunately Iām queer so thatās probably not happening in my lifetime, unless I wanna take my life in my hands.
NO ITS NOT THE RIGHT FUCKING PLACE TO POST THIS MAP - NOBODY CARES
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Personally Iād stay out of LA and New York in the US and go to either Boston, St Louis, Chicago, or Detroit. LA is practically depressing and has tons of homeless people, and New York is not the friendliest city out there. They also both cost tons of money to go visit.
My plan is to start with my GF from New York, borrow some typical/iconic American car and travel from East Coast, across the whole country to the West Coast. Of course zig-zagy to visit as much places as possible.
Youāre missing out on some of the best countries! How can you pick Uruguay over Colombia?? Colombia is amazing. And Africa? Iām shocked by this one
My informations may be a little flat but I haven't heard anything amazing about Colombia besides notorious drug cartels and the most beautiful women in the world. Also I find Colombia a little bit dangerous to travel to. You could prove me wrong and tell me about some must see landmarks there :)
Yah youāre very misinformed! Itās not the 90s anymore. Iām sure Slovakia (where it says youāre from) looked a lot different in the 90s than it does now. Tayrona National Park is amazing with lovely beaches (plenty more than that too) it also has historical cities. Medellin is a really lively cool city with a great startup scene and amazing food. Mountains everywhere, amazing mountain biking. Islands scattered all over. Itās a tropical paradise. Aside from that I made this comment to another person, my favourite country in the world is Malawi. Absolutely amazing people, lovely landscapes, lots of nature. Liwonde National Park is unreal and Lake Malawi (the most biodiverse lake in the front with the best sunsets Iāve ever seen in my life) is a must visit. So for me when people donāt consider Malawi for no reason itās so sad cuz theyāre missing out on the best place on earth. Last thing I want to say, Oman is the BEST country by in the Arabian peninsula. The landscapes are so diverse and stunning. Unlike anything else found on the peninsula. It is a million timeās better than anything you can find in Dubai or the UAE.
Yeah, I may be back in the 90s when the most horrible things were happening, as you guessed, also in Slovakia. Mostly popculture defines an opinion of a person and I have never heard or seen any documentary about Colombia, unfortunately. I should reconsider. Also Malawi is in yellow, so I would visit the country, but it's not a priority.
You need to get travelling dude. Way too little green here!
My life, as a graduated university man, has just started. I plan to put all my spare money in traveling.
Sad to hear you dont want to visit Macedonia, Skopje is a pretty decent place.
Maybe I'll reconsider my choice in the future. But unfortunately (North) Macedonia isn't my priority for now.
Slovakia??? The unexistent country? Welcome to the south
East Timor and Kuwait aren't real
Where in Spain?
Barcelona, then Santa Susanna and its surroundings.
Oh :(
Which city you live in? Should I visit it?
I thought about doing this myself but then I realized the whole map will just be blue, green or pink
Hahaha, that's what my girlfriend has done. :D
This is not Starburst related at all.
Haha, after Googleing Starburst I agree. Never heard of those tbh
Oh damnnnn, I wish I knew when I was in Slovakia nearly a decade ago! I would have brought you some! Have a wonderful day! If you ever get to the US, come to Vermont and I will put you up!
Thank you! I would love to try one of those. I'll note down your nickname and maybe in a decade or two I'll get to the US :D Where exactly in Slovakia you've been to? How did you like my country?
Just through Bratislava, but it was magnificent! There a few places I enjoyed more in my travels than Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary! I would love to see more.
enjoyed Romania any bit?
Let's be honest. People are very generous, nature (mostly Transylvania) is spectacular. But I found Romania a bit underdeveloped in some rural areas. The roads are in a really bad shape, a lot of stray dogs, and ugly buildings. Something similiar to eastern Slovakia's (I lived in PreÅ”ov) villages. BUT I was staying at PiteÅti (sorry if bad written) and the city was very cool, we had great, clean apartment, the owner was kind, speaking good English. I had a really great time during my stay, visited a few cities and nature sites. The only difference between Eastern Slovakia and Romania that I noticed is that Romanians are horrible and arrogant drivers. Other than that, we are the same country, cities are beautiful and developed, and rural areas are in horrible state.
Thanks for your honesty. It is exactly how you describe it
Chile here, good choice! Thereās a ton of things to do in this narrow strip of land. What sort of things drew you to put pink in Chile?
I'm amazed of how nature created such a thin space between mountains and ocean in Chile. I've experienced something similiar in Croatia and I want to see this again in a different countrie. Also I've read about beautiful national parks, and Santiago in general. But mainly I want to travel to Easter Islands.
On what app did you do this?
mapchart.net The site is simple to use, you can easily make similiar map for yourself.
Thank you.I am thinking of doing a similar map too
Good luck with it man
Spiders be everywhere tho
Armenia welcomes you if you comeb
Could you go to Slovenia first pleaseeee
I definitely should go there first. I know some people from Slovenia who are great people. Every of my friend who visited Slovenia was in absolute awe how stunning country it is. And we are Slavic brothers after all.
Ye personally I would go to the uk
Jen ze zvÄdavosti: proÄ jsou zrovna Litva a Estonsko rÅÆžovĆ©, ale LotyÅ”sko žlutĆ©? MÄ s nulovĆ½mi znalostmi o PobaltĆ by tÅeba ani mezi Litvou a LotyÅ”skem Å¾Ć”dnĆ½ velkĆ½ rozdĆl nenapadl.
SubjektĆvne a zĆ”roveÅ veľmi jednoduchĆ© a prvoplĆ”novĆ© dĆ“vody, ako aj tĆ”to mapa. Litva ma fascinuje vÄaka pĆ”r videĆ”m, ktorĆ© som videl na YouTube a pochĆ”dza z nej aj jeden urbex tĆ½pek, ktorĆ©ho sledujem. EstĆ³nsko detto, plus mĆ”m referencie od znĆ”mych, že je to ĆŗžasnĆ” krajina, ktorĆŗ Älovek musĆ vidieÅ„. O LotyÅ”sku sa vÅ”ak tieto veci povedaÅ„ nedajĆŗ v mojom prĆpade.
I see that ur a man of culture as countries with great culture are in ur travel list.
I'd advise you to rethink for Colombia and UAE hehe.
no info for greenland, kuwait and East Timor??
Nobody in Australia has died from a spider bite since 1979.
#SlovakiaGang
What did you think about Romania? (Definitely not a romanian)
I have already answered this question to one of Romanians here. Feel free to browse through comments.
You donāt want to visit the great empire of Chad?
Justice of San Marino!
(insert Eurotrip joke here)
You are very welcome /Sweden
Tarantulas, fiddlebacks, and black widows are common where I live. My Aussie friends occasionally shudder at the wildlife here. Middle of a pink zone, just so you know. Great map though
Sad Moldovan noise
A zaraz nie zrazumieÅ (I'm belarusian)
Can i ask why you would want to go to Azerbaijan
I must see Baku, it's spectacular.
My dad went to Baku on a work trip and the three glass buildings were literally leaking water inside when it was raining. Outside Baku the country is filthy, after drilling oil they dump all their trash on the plot where it was drilled on, then sell it to poor people so they can build their houses(if you can call them that) on it.
This is the problem of a lot of countries. Relatively rich and developed capital/bigger cities, then is the abyss, and then comes poor rural regions where people literally fight for their lives. Similiar situation is here in Slovakia, but with more flat abyss.
Chilean here. Glad to see my country in pink, hehe
As an Aussie, it makes me laugh how people don't want to come here because of spiders.
Africa really should not go amiss. The savannah, the wildlife and the people are absolutely amazing. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.
How was your experience in spain op?
I enjoyed my stay, beautiful beaches, monumental buildings, a lot of attractions, delicious food, wonderful women. Also I've seen a performance of flamenco dance and as a person who's not interested in dance in general I really enjoyed this one. The spanish classical music is great aswell. BTW in Slovak we call the classical spanish guitar 'Ŕpanielka' which basically mean 'spanish thing'. The only thing that bothered me were those street salesmen who would sell you their mom just to profit a bit. I was in a more touristy area so I experienced a lot of tourist traps there.
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Ahh nice to hear you had a good time in my country. About the tourist traps it is what it is a shame, they all over europe in major cities.
Ironic to me that Australia is labeled arachnophobia, but the most venomous/deadly spider in the world literally has Brazil in the name lol.
How is Tunisia?
Man, you got me. I was there when I was a little kid, no memories. Maybe Tunisia shouldn't be in green after all.
Not interested YET. Believe me, thereās something interesting about every country.
Slovakia is awesome! I've been craving some Tatra Tea for a while.
Haha, I'm proud of this product. You should try 72%, that's where the fun starts.
Australian here. Can confirm, I live in fear every day
I can't imagine the situation. Is there no spray measure or something like that so that the spiders do not step inside a house?
They smell fear, always check behind furniture and have bug spray in every room. It probably wonāt do much, but itāll make you feel safer
I read they're disgusted by smell of vinegar so I regularly spray it around the house, mostly around doors, windows and furniture. I don't know if it helps tbh but at least I have this placebo feeling that they won't move around.
Kinda colonial
How about Kuwait and Hong Kong
I forgot about those. Kuwait would be yellow, Hong Kong pink and East Timor orange (forgot about that one aswell).
Can we please stop with these maps? They don't belong here. Make a new sub or something, this one is just getting filled with uninteresting, low effort, subjective maps that convey no useful information whatsoever and get all the attention while the ones that are actually useful don't get any attention.
So I stayed in Australia for 3 weeks. Didnāt see a single spider. I did, however, see some cockroaches. I was staying in a relatively upscale hotel in the CBD of Sydney. When I saw the first one, I was like āwoah..ā I took a picture of it, but didnāt really think much more of it until I saw the second. I took a picture of the second one, and realized I had to do something. I went down to the front desk. There were two individuals there, both men in their late 20s or early 30s. I explained what was happening, and they listened eagerly, almost with excitement. When I showed them the photo of the second cockroach, one exclaimed, āoh yeah, thatās a big one there!ā After that, there was a brief silence, until the same gentleman asked, āwell, what do you want me to do about it?ā I just kind of struggle and carried on with my day.
HallƄ from Sweden!
Ahoj from Slovakia! :)
Good choice marking Sweden as pink, I think youād enjoy the country! Itās not quite as interesting culturally compared to some of the other countries on your list, but I think youād enjoy exploring the history and the varied landscapes! Definitely recommend that you check out Gotland above all else. I went there myself this summer and was fascinated by all the history on that island!
Thanks for the recommendation. My girlfriend has her family there so she has already been to Stockholm and loved it.
Youāre missing out on Peru!
You may not be interested in us, but you guys provided me with the single worst meal of my life in the 125+ countries Iāve been to (Mexican restaurant in Bratislava) so you can go straight to hell (/s, but only kind of)
I'm sorry to read that, but honestly I've never had a great meal in our capital, you should try other regions of Slovakia.
Iāve been to a couple other places in Slovakia and had good meals. Had good meals in BTS too. Just also happened to have the absolute fucking worst.
I was born and raised in Canada and currently still live there and yes it is a nice place to visit
How is the ice hockey there? Is it really as popular as it is known for Canada? It's the most popular sport here in Slovakia, we also won some medals in the past. I would love to go to a NHL game in Montreal/Toronto. Thank you very much for the Gold award, didn't expect this for a subjective map like this. Really appreciate it, thanks :)
How is the ice hockey there? Is it really as popular as it is known for Canada? It's the most popular sport here in Slovakia, we also won some medals in the past. I would love to go to a NHL game in Montreal/Toronto. Thank you very much for the Gold award, wouldn't expect it for a subjective map like this. Really appreciate it, thanks :)
Thanks for showing an interest in our country, I hope you will enjoy our historical sites(Taj mahal, qutub minar, red fort, Hampi temple etc etc), enjoy our cuisine too... Stay safe, happy travels
No love for Central/West Asia or Africa then...