Travellers share their scariest holiday stories via Reddit

Travelling the world is supposed to open the mind, but sometimes tourists get much more than they bargained for when a holiday goes wrong.

While for many holiday nightmare could involve getting food poisoning or missing a flight, for others their adventure can degenerate into something much more serious.

a wrong turn down a dark alley can result in a robbery or even complete removal.

A revealed how he was abducted while traveling through the bush in the Democratic Republic of Congo

with enough horrific tales to put you off forever holiday, seasoned travelers have been sharing their stories worst in a forum on Reddit.

They include bad bouncers trying to extort money in Tijuana, Mexico, and getting caught in fire against a regional airport in Djibouti, Africa.

one of the most terrifying stories however, was a man who worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo as aid worker.

The user called Borisdiebestie revealed :. “Because of my work for a Democratic Republic Congo aid agency, I often remains in the very unstable and violent country

” Two people including me were kidnapped by the rebel group FDLR (an organization that has existed since the Rwandan genocide) when we entered an area that is outside the government and the United Nations competence in the deep bush to provide medical assistance after rebel attack on a village in the region.

“Despite having worked in similar conditions and had other life events in danger, as the bombing, the situation Congo was the most dangerous event in my life, which also made me overthink my lifestyle “just hope for the best ‘all the time.”

a young woman was attacked in Florence with a needle and woke up on a hospital trolley down an alley dark city

travelers should not be in the deep bush of a country torn apart by war to come face-to-face with many problems.

A young woman visiting the Italian city of Florence was horrified after being attacked with a needle while enjoying drinks in the evening.

The user called Princetonkane said: “I was 19 and having a few drinks at the bar, the last thing I remember was going to the toilet and standing outside leaning against a wall and then finally waking up in an alley on a hospital bed without mattress.

“As I started coming, I noticed my belt was cut and my jacket was next to me … and there’s a needle sticking out of my arms.

“I heard noises coming from the corner, so pulled the needle and ran to the street light. but could hardly walk and I fell a few times.

‘I managed to fall into a hotel where the concierge was kind enough to draw me a map to the central station where my hotel was. It was the scariest night of my life and I had to be tested for diseases for the following six months.

Often, criminals tend to attack tourists who drink in bars as they believe that alcohol helps people guard down.

Tourists in Tijuana were threatened by the bouncers and forced to pay an exorbitant amount of money for drinks at a party ( file image)

for this reason, tourists visiting the well-known holiday party spots can often get into trouble with the local population after a night out.

But in some cases, staff inside the place are those to be unreliable.

As in the case of Sublimotion, which revealed: “The first day in Tijuana, we went to a bar that was packed and crowded outside but completely empty at inside, except for us.

“We had a few drinks, finishes and ask for the bill, but they said we had to order more before we leave.

“Finally, they had two bouncers guarding the door to prevent us from leaving unless we ordered more, so no choice, we ended up spending more $ 300 on the bill before they allowed us to leave.

A family were approached by men armed with machetes while on vacation in (image file) El Salvador

“We decided to cut our trip short and head back to the US immediately that night.”

while most people would be keep in safe areas of the town center or traveling in the bush, it is generally expected that a person would be safe after passing through the security gates waiting to board a flight well.

But this was not the case for a user called Feawen when he traveled through the Djbouti airport on his way to Dubai to Dublin.

He said, “I ended up getting shot by the presidential guard, and all the missing airport, but I did not know what to do as I had turned in my cell phone work therefore had no way to contact anyone to get out of the place.

“They were actually shot at each other, but our bus was behind the second guy shot and he peppered the bus on the tarmac of the runway.

‘If you have not heard gunshots to you, it seems really hard, but once the full car sounds, you know exactly what it is and you hit the ground.

While all of these stories ended with the person involved escape unharmed, they were able to think on their feet to maneuver the situation.

But nowhere was that more as a residence of a user called Yoboyobo in El Salvador with his family.

He said, “I am with my wife two boys and my best friend is from there

” We. was hiking the rugged and black volcanic rock field along an open stretch of highway, but we knew we really should not be there we had to crawl through barbed wire to enter.

We ‘were about 200 yards from the road when two men armed with machetes began to approach us, but my friend did not notice until about 20 yards .

“as they got closer, my friend who was using our camcorder and carried around and began to question them as they were on CNN.

“they stood up and gave us the history of the area and were very kind because they wanted to show well on TV, but also warned us that it was government property and not to ‘to go back there. “

source: dailymail.co.uk/travel

Travellers share their scariest holiday stories via Reddit