Not recommended for visiting. The most boring cities in the world

Peter Lovygin says: “Today I am reviewing the most boring cities in the world that I had to visit in my centuries-old tourist career. Cities where nothing happens. Cities that, in their charisma, lose even to a dish called “jelly”. The percentage of dullness of being is especially visible if you find yourself alone in them. Places where the most important thing, as my friend Nikitka says, is not to get sober. Otherwise, there is no salvation. Let me explain that in this case, it is boring cities that are considered, and not the so-called "assholes of the world." I'll do a review on greediness and city extreme sometime next time.

For the sake of patriotism and diplomacy, I excluded Russian cities from the list, although there were already 4 applicants! For even in the most boring cities I have friends (even if I don’t know about it), and pouring provocative dirt is not my method.

I have absolutely nothing to say about some cities. And sometimes I couldn’t even find photos, so soulless Google maps will represent this or that city. But it is very important that you read this post to the end, because the last paragraph is the whole point.

So let's go…”

(Total 23 photos)

Source: Journal/lovigin

Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)

1. The first place and forever the leading position was left to itself by the capital of the Sultanate of Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan.

2. Finished place. Walking along Bandar Seri Begawan, it seems that there were more people in Chernobyl at the peak. Well, not that there are no people at all, but there are no pedestrians! Everyone, absolutely everyone drives cars. During a three-hour walk, we met 3 (!) people walking. By Brunei standards, one might say they were crowded! Oh yes, another Chinese man was blowing his nose outside his shop. Okay, 3.5 people in total!!

Visiting this one of the most developed countries in Asia was the most absurd travel investment I have made in the last few years. Even a day to visit it is a lot. For two days in Brunei, I envied the citizens of Israel - they are not allowed here under any circumstances. There is nothing else in this city.

Kulyab (Tajikistan)

3. Kulyab - the last stronghold before the Afghan border and the road to the Pamirs. One hotel, opposite the market, between them - the road. All. This is Kulyab. A! Another only salvation in this city is the bus station. From here you can leave.

The entrance to the city is crowned by the inscription “Do not leave children unattended” installed on the house.

4. For $70 at the Khatlon Hotel you will get a non-working air conditioner, a torn off cornice, turned out light bulbs, mosquito corpses smeared on the curtains and a refrigerator (and it was!) with a “minibar” in the form of an unfinished bottle of cola left by previous tenants.

Through the holes in the shower cabin, the hands of the guests from the lower floors could well stick out. Luckily the light in the bathroom didn't turn off at all - the switch was broken. Because the entire fauna of Kulyab, which lived there, still needed it for reproduction. At night, mosquitoes from there visited us with a return visit.

As usual, the ray of light is the locals. Kulyab is the case when the phrase “But we have good people!” quite appropriate as a rescue. There is nothing else in this city.

Kuchin (Borneo, Malaysia)

5. If there was not an orangutan hospital nearby (and it is not located there), a trip to rainy Kuchin is meaningless. And for the sake of a pair of orangutans, it makes no sense to fly to Borneo. There is nothing else in this city.

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Dakar (Senegal)

7. Oh, no... Dakar is still on the list of "The most vile cities in the world." The busiest city I have ever seen.

Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

8. After 8 pm, it is strongly advised not to leave the hotel - and it would be for the sake of it! But you listen to advice and as a result you feel like a diplomat in a besieged embassy in another country. An extremely littered city with a dominance of McDonald's, guarded by men with double-barreled shotguns. All this endless dump is crowned with a lone tree with a flock of shabby vultures guarding it. Here in the cartoon "Treasure Island" the same vultures watched each passing pirate. And in their eyes there was reflected Blind Pew. There is nothing else in this city.

9. PS Although the Honduras are very beautiful, in my opinion. And he can be trusted. I didn’t even find a photo from Honduras, so I am attaching a photo from Nicaragua. One hell.

Bagan (Myanmar)

10. If you are not a fan of archaeological stupas, do not read any guidebooks and go around Bagan. Even from a hot air balloon, at sunrises, sunsets, from under the ground - from everywhere Bagan has already been filmed three thousand times. Stupas sticking out every ten meters in 40-degree heat provide little visual pleasure. There is nothing else in this city.

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Kunming (China)

12. Kunming is a big, spacious city. But in a series of other Chinese cities that I met on the way, in Kunming there is nothing to catch the eye on. Near Kunming there is a cool red soil place, but not a single taxi driver agreed to take me there with the hieroglyphs describing the desired direction and the price. Which lowered Kunming even more in my eyes. There is nothing else in this city.

Cali (Colombia)

13. In Cali there is a garbage street - dirty people sit there and recycle garbage. Near it, a beggar approached me and said that I should not go there, because "how to give a drink" they will rob. Perhaps, if not for this advice, then Cali would have migrated to the list of cereal cities before Bogota and Medellin got there later. But I listened to that beggar and didn't go to that area. There is nothing else in this city.

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Skopje (Macedonia)

15. I went to Macedonia with high expectations of something ethnically cool. But the capital disappointed with its routine. An incredible number of statues (it seems that the Macedonians erected monuments to everyone they can) in the middle of unremarkable architecture. The brightest flash was the Chichko Stoilko stall selling some kind of shawarma. There is nothing else in this city.

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Guayaquil (Ecuador)

17. In Guayaquil, we lived on the outskirts of the city. But one day I got out to the center, walked around it and yawned, until I came across a fire in one of the shopping centers. There is nothing else in this city.

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Medan (Indonesia)

19. Gray, unremarkable city in the north of Sumatra. In principle, Sumatra is not at all distinguished by some kind of charisma of its cities. Therefore, you meet the first tourist here on the fourth day of your stay on the island. But this is the closest of the Indonesian points to the talented Singapore. There is nothing else in this city.

Sancti Spiritus (Cuba)

20. Sancti Spiritus is still not quite deservedly located here. "Not a city, but an almshouse." Of the attractions - a mobile pub, which has a constant pandemonium of local bastards, and, it seems, the never-working cinema "Conrado Benitez" - just opposite my window. I lived in the central square. And housing ... I dreamed about this all my life. A huge hall with such sunlight that fills it with its fiery shades from 2 to 6 pm. But the euphoria from him is quickly replaced by longing. The city itself is boring. A typical Latin American yawning province. At the beginning of the third day, a biplane flies over the city. This is the most significant event of the day. Asphalt was laid on Tuesday - and at once on all the streets. One should have seen the bewilderment of the Cubans, unable to cross the street from one sidewalk to another. Well, there is nothing else in this city.

21. © petr lovigin, 2013 "Self-portrait in the Holy Spirit"

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Vientiane (Laos)

23. The city consists of an embankment. She doesn't even need a river. Moreover, neither one nor the other saves the situation. With the same success, Laos could place its capital in any other city on its territory. Didn't notice they were any different. Embankment, a couple of prostitutes ... well, perhaps that's all. There is nothing else in this city.

By the way, tell us which cities in your life made you yawn and mope. Help others avoid them!

In general, a strange warning - “It is not recommended to visit ...” You still have to manage to get into such cities. But in fairness, it should be noted that the impression of a particular city is formed by a lot of circumstances, ranging from the weather, ending with the company, the amount of alcohol consumed, and just luck and coincidence. And then the most depressing outback will sparkle with bright colors of adventure. Remember this always!