Carmen Roberts’ World Worsts
Name Carmen Roberts
Who? A reporter and producer for the BBC’s Fast Track travel programme, broadcast on BBC World TV. Carmen has most recently written for Singapore Airlines in-flight magazine SilverKris, Time Out Perfect Places and BA High Life. Watch Fast Track online right here or follow Carmen on twitter @carmenlroberts
Age 33
Countries Visited 69
Titanic Nominations
1. Worst Toilet Our driver assured us this particular public toilet in Mumbai would be ‘nice and clean’ as he handed over rupees for me to enter. I was subsequently squatting in a sewer with 100 Indian women. It’s all about managing expectations.
2. Worst City for Driving It’s got to be Bangkok. Who in their right mind would tackle that kind of dense traffic with tuk-tuks and motor cycle taxis to boot?! Forget about it.
3. Worst Beer In a small village near Arusha,Tanzania, the local brew had chunky bits in it and was served in a bucket.
4. Worst Flight Aerolineas Argentinas from London to Buenos Aires – no inflight entertainment (on all legs of the journey), no amenities kit and 7 hour delay in Madrid on the way home. Never again.
5. Worst Museum Koryo Museum, Kaesong, North Korea – probably less than 20 artifacts in total.
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Excellent nominations. Another happy Aerolineas Argentinas customer! You’ll be pleased to know that the La Presidenta Christina has re-nationalized the airline (read; stole it from Grupo Marsans, the Spanish owners and stuck them with the 800M debt). Good news is that they dropped the LHR-MAD leg so fewer people will get to suffer.
@Antman
Brilliant, good to know about Aerolineas Argentinas… Though, still not sure I’d fly them again, I’m still scarred after that trip!!