101 Places Not to Visit

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Your Essential Guide to the World's Most Miserable, Ugly, Boring and Inbred Destinations. Adam Russ. 2007.

This book is caught in a cleft. It isn't really about the 101 worst places in the world. They are mainly small villages no one has ever heard of in a war zone no one cares about. That doesn't make for pleasant reading, let alone the humorous tone the author uses.

Really this book is an excuse to slag off at well-known travel destinations. And if you accept the book at that level then it isn't too bad. It does seem to miss the worst aspect of some cities though. Sydney's traffic is not bad by global standards, but the sheer size of the city makes traffic a nightmare.