The Titanic Awards

Worst hired driver-Ireland. This guy had one speed,”bat outta hell” on a so called two lane road, with blackberry brambles on one side of the road and a stone wall on the other..Many pints when we got back.

Very hilarious and entertaining!! Unfortunately I don’t have experiences like those =( I guess I need more traveling off the beaten path… any suggestions??

Very nice Dave I have also good story and the actor is Dave Lowe, my friend. We know eachother from Maldives, spent some nice evenings partying with other friends.
Dave was coming back from Thailand and I was waiting for him at the International Male Airport. Waiting, waiting, waiting. Than suddenly the door from arrival hall opens, I could see Dave with his eyes falling out, very serious, running fast with the trolley and shouting at me “RUN”. So I was also running, following Dave, did not know why. When I turned I could see one stuff from customs. We ran to jetty and when we stopped, Dave told me, that he is smuggeling DVDs for his friends and his back-pack is full of hundreds of the DVDs. I was laughing for a long long time…. So if you want to smuggle something……ask Dave, he knows how to do it and he knows how to run away.

All hilarious, especially since I wasn’t the one experiencing them! I would’ve jumped out the window if there were cockroaches anywhere near me on a flight – how the heck did you survive that one? And I probably would’ve needed the barf bag on Biman Bangladesh – I guess I should quit while I’m ahead, at about 14 countries, lol – I haven’t had any remarkable trauma yet!

Nice errrmmm… pointers, there Dave!

Worst road: The “Death Road” to Coroico in Bolivia. It starts at over 6000 meters in the high Andes, and in less than 60km goes down to 2500 meters. I went down on a bicycle. You start up in the clouds, freezing cold and wet and with no oxygen, just about dying trying to keep yourself going. There’s a 20km stretch that an average of 250 people die on a year. It’s barely as wide as a car with drops of over 1000m straight down. You literally have to drive through the middle of waterfalls. My guide kept stopping to peer over the edge and point out buses, cars, trucks that had plummeted over the edge and never been retrieved. So rocky and bumpy my hands were swollen and purple from the burst blood vessels when I was done, and then you’re in Coroico, a sketchy, steaming hot coca growing village. I’d do it again though!

These stories are hilarious!

Hey Dave,
I was pleased that the Biman Bangladesh flight made it to your list – I was under that ceiling panel! I also recall an air hostess that hissed at me in the aisle… – presumably I was in her way. Not to mention the 24 hrs holed up in that hotel without a passport.
I must have a look at your book.
amanda

Con un hombre como Dave, no me importarian las cucarachas en mi almohada. Que lindo es!
Besote.

I’ve actually read Dave’s book – it was recommended by a friend who read it in New York. He mentions the Biman Bangladesh experience – and other ‘flightmares’ (not sure if he coined the phrase but it sticks!) one I think I remember in Vietnam with a russian plane or something, with the seats falling down on landing. very very funny!

Hilarious, all the more so because true…I think…..

Hey! Jackie is my best friend! what the…?

More adventures! Very funny! I was one of the lost in Nepal and Dave FOUND me, thank you so much!!! namaste

I still remember that nightmarish, nail biting flight on that old Russian plane from Vietnam to Cambodia in 1993…yes the same model as the one that crashed. Dave’s not kidding about the cockroaches on board. I remember feeling nervous about to fly off to Cambodia where there were still Khmer Rouge. That was all forgotten and replaced with a dread of actually making it to Cambodia at all when, at take off, all the unoccupied seats fell forward, the cabin filled with steam and cockroaches streamed out of the overhead compartments. Let the adventures continue. Can’t wait to read your next book!

These stories are side-splittingly funny one moment to poignant or frightening on the next…

….I loved the story about the friendly little old lady on the Japanese island – the descriptions of the surroundings and the lady made me feel as if I were there watching from the side of the road..

…I get the feeling that Dave Lowe became such a wise and seasoned traveler due to being ‘de-flowered’ by customs officials on his virgin travel adventure…

Great stories!! My husband and I are retired and like to travel the USA..Just returned from a 5000 mile drive out west. It was the entire month of June which meant we had lots of rain, cold weather, snow in Cody, Wyoming, sleet at the Old Faithful in Yellowstone, and the east entrance to Yellowstone was closed because of snow. We stayed in Jackson, Wy for a few days at the Teton Village and took the tram up to the top of the Teton Mt. 10,000 feet. We couldn’t stay long because of a bad rainstorm but it was absolutely awesome up there. From there we went to Glacier National Park but because of an avalange and road construction we did not get to see Logan pass and Going to the Sun road. Otherwise, the trip was wonderful with many beautiful snow-capped mountains, lakes, streams along the road, animals everywhere and many sites to see. Recommend this trip to anyone..Jeri and Sara Donnelly

Hey dave!!! I think the way we met was fun! My paper tornado superhero! ha! thanks for the help! the whole park was carpetted with my english notes!
Man! you have so many stories!!
Are you still writing in Starbucks???
hope to read more of your travelogues!
Jackie Kelly

Thanks for putting Biman Bangladesh on. I hate it!!!!!!!!!

Problems:

It has horrible food
The air hostess are soo rude
Their toilets dont flush
Ceiling panels fall off
Its too hot or too cold
Its always the last to lift off

Im a bengali and Im ment to look at the bright side!!!!!!

Hi Dave,
enjoyed reading your book. even though it doesn’t always encourage traveling, it brings back some memories of places. i like how you and your stories develop over the pages. guess, that goes as well for other avid travelers.
waiting for more of your stories.

Hey Dave,

How’s you?? It’s been a while since I’ve heard from you. Where in the world are you now??

Love your awesome stories. Haha. I’m so glad I don’t have any experiences like that. Haha.

Cheers!!

how have you been mr. Giraffe

Mr. Lowe – your stories, a riot!

I’ve heard of celebrity stalkers, but this Jackie character takes the cake……ha ha ha ha…… and Cockroach Airlines, LOL!

cockroaches in air vents, YUCK!

ive hiked the baliem valley and can attest to seeing some of the worst toilets ever, just pits mostly. have never flown bangladesh and never will based on this story…..

clearly Dave Lowe has traveled ALOT – Ive never ran into ceiling panels falling from the roof of my plane before.but i have had some run-ins with Vietnamese touts – some of the RUDEST and PUSHIEST around and Ive been to Egypt as well.

Hi Dave, where are you these days. Hope to see you soon in Berlin. Big Hug. Nat