30 Of The Biggest No-Nos When Visiting These Countries, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group

I mean, we shouldn't even have to say this right? For any place actually.

You shouldn’t be littering anywhere-period.

Rest of the world here. Don't litter. Anywhere.

Unsightly messes aren't the only problem. Animals can get entangled or swallow plastic, which can be deadly.

That's not a mistake! It's rude, inconsiderate and usually on purpose 😒

I get the feeling Finland really doesn't want visitors ... Finland is my spirit animal.

Finland=Introvert Heaven

Personal space does however fly out of the window when Sauna and Alcohol is involved lmao

This place sounds nice (not satire, I actually enjoy some silence in queue).

Although don't expect the no talking thing to be a rule in eastern Finland. People somewhere like Kuopio are downright chatty compared to many other areas

It looks like a T Rex, a great Dane and a jackrabbit had a baby, then the baby used steroids and did nothing but leg day at the gym all day every day.

This definitely needs to be said about people who attempt take selfies with bison at Yosemite National Park and Yellowstone in the US. They will f**k you up and gore you with their horns. It's a huge animal not a freaking puppy

It is fun to see a deer that can box the s**t out of you.

Male kangaroos are the most terrifying animal on earth to me. The way they have to get around, aside from jumping, is by doing nothing but pushups all day every day for their whole lives so their upper bodies are JACKED. A hind leg kick comes with almost 700lbs of force and razor sharp claws on the end of it so they can not only shatter bones, they can actually eviscerate you. The scariest thing about them though is that they will wait in shoulder deep water for hours at a time completely motionless to drown anything that comes near them. Except that kangaroos are herbivores. So they don't do this to eat. They do it because they are sick effs.

This is literally common sense.

I am glad this guy remembered to use the word "unalive" correctly. A few more tips about SA: (a) do not wear both straps backpack. Only one strap. If you wear both we KNOW you are from USA or Europe and you will get scammed or mugged because you are a sucker. (b) We have 40% unemployment roughly so keep away from abandoned areas with loiterers, you WILL get mugged. (c). Keep your bag in front of you in cinemas, shops, streets, restaurants, etc., everywhere. Only time you can ignore that rule is on a boat or in a car with windows rolled up. (d) Keep your windows rolled up in cities and keep a cache of coins for beggars, that will probably reduce the chances of you losing your GPS to a window smash incident. (e) When you rent a car, choose something boring. If it is black and fancy, it will probably get hijacked. (f) we have high GBV so if you are solo female, hire a car. (g) Do not use public transport, uber (if male). Sorry, these are important. Otherwise it's cool, you should be fine.

The word is "dead". Can we stop with the Pandaspeak already?

Dead... they have no qualms about making you dead! There, I fixed it!

Ok but the khaki and hiking boots part is absolute nonsense. Wear your khaki and hiking boots by all means. Many South Africans actually wear khaki and hiking boots everyday, rather than it being a tourist thing.

What's 'unalive' ?

When they start to howl "make way for the Queens guard!!!!" - or something very similar to that - at the ignorant tourist it can curdle your blood. They are not joking around, and are fully prepared to walk through you if necessary. Just check out a Youtube video before you get silly ideas. I've seen them do this in person, it's impressive and very alarming! :)

Those guns are real, people. These men are trained military professionals, and will act accordingly if they view you as a threat.

One of them did an AMA on Reddit that was really interesting. I think the main overall point was do NOT touch them, and also just don’t be a jerk. Otherwise, they’ll just stand there and ignore everything else.

Got too close to a guard near Downing Street. Slowly his arm rose to fend me off. No need to tell me twice.

don't touch them and for the love of god don't touch their horses! i'm a londoner, lived there my whole life, currently working in central and it still terrifies me to suddenly hear a queen's guard literally BELLOW at some tourist that tried to yank the reins or prod the guard while taking pics. idk if it's the londoner in me but i can't fathom why tourists feel entitled to touching others so much anyways? esp americans. street performers, the guards, servers, even other ppl on the street. we don't even make eye contact w each other😂💀 if ur visiting london: keep ur hands to urself, don't stare people down, u don't need to tip but it's always a nice gesture esp for delivery drivers, try to book in for popular/busy eateries bc locals despise anything that slows them/makes them wait, and in that same vein keep ur ticket/oyster card ready to scan into the underground or u'll have a v long line of pissed off locals in a rush behind u. and don't go too far south. it's the f*****g ghetto

I've got a better plan. Boycott travel to the place until they enter the 20th century in terms of ethics and law. In our country it works roughly as follows: if you are a taxi driver, you get out with your hands visible (because your ilk are known to draw a hidden gun on cops). If however you are a rich white you can basically do whatever you like. Fact. Racism still exists even here (africa).