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Top 10 hells on earth
Had a bad vacation? It probably could have been a lot worse, with men's portal AskMen.com coming up with a list of the top 10 hells on earth to prove how much more dire it could have been. This list was compiled by AskMen and is not endorsed by Reuters:
1. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
A young boy sits next to a small shelter made from a disused shipping container in a settlement in Papua New Guinea's capital city of Port Moresby October 26, 2005. Type of hell: Disease With over 115 new HIV and AIDS cases diagnosed every month, the capital of Papua New Guinea is in trouble. With the population expanding at an uncontrollable rate, unemployment levels have rocketed, income levels plummeted and gang members, known as raskols, have been known to carry out bank robberies with M16 machine guns and hijack cars wielding machetes. 2. Linfen, China
Vehicles travel on a street in Linfen, one of the most polluted cities in China, in north China's Shanxi province, November 27, 2007. Type of hell: Darkness Linfen, China, is sooty and dark, located in a 12-mile industrial belt, and affected by the 50 million tons of coal mined each year in the nearby hills of Shanxi. There's no escaping the smog. 3. Bujumbura, Republic of Burundi
A Burundian boy watches as food from the World Food Programme is distributed to villagers who have feld their homes, due to war between the government and the rebels, at Mubimbi 25km (15 miles) from Bujumbura on September 15, 2003. Type of hell: Corruption With the lowest GDP per capita in the world, Burundi is the poorest country on the planet and is scarred by a history of genocide, mass killing and assassinated political leaders. Not only that, but a pool of 178 countries found that Burundi's people had the poorest satisfaction of life in the world. 4. Pyongyang, North Korea
A group of people bow at the base of the giant bronze statue of the state founder and 'Great Leader' Kim-Il Sung in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang February 26, 2008. Type of hell: Oppression While its modern-day facade may look like any other Western city, underneath it's entirely autocratic. Radios and TVs have only one channel which broadcasts special programs controlled by the government, bicycles are banned as part of a political regime to restrict movement and interaction. 5.Oklahoma City, United States
Damaged homes are seen as yards are littered with debris after a suspected tornado and heavy storms hit Edmond, Oklahoma March 31, 2008. Type of hell: Natural disasters Located in the direct path of "Tornado Alley," the worst time to visit would be from March to August. Tather is pretty much expected. The severe weather season makes Dorothy's Kansas look positively calm, with Oklahoma City being the city worst affected by tornadoes in the United States. 6. Chernobyl, Ukraine
Gas masks are seen in a kindergarten in the abandoned town of Pripyat, in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant March 31, 2006. Type of hell: Radiation Famed for a nuclear explosion that tore through the city in 1986 and contaminated most of its living organisms, Chernobyl is certainly not the kind of place you'd like to vacation in. Everything is still largely abandoned and remains as it was 20 years ago, with hundreds of miles of uninhabitable space, deserted buildings and poisoned lakes and rivers. 7. Mogadishu, Somalia
Armed men try to control the crowd during a protest against soaring inflation and rising prices in Mogadishu, April 10, 2008. Type of hell: Lawlessness With the collapse of central government in 1991, Mogadishu is largely lawless, with no structure of real peacekeeping present, despite a failed effort in 1992 by the U.S. marines. Indeed, Mogadishu certainly won't be found in any glossy vacation brochure anytime soon. 8. Yakutsk, Russia
An aerial view of the house being carried with ice by the waters of the Lena river outside Yakutsk, May 23, 2001 Type of hell: Environmental extreme Officially the coldest place on earth, temperatures here often drop to a hypothermia-inducing -58°F, and if it drops below this (which it often does), children get the day off school. Another hellish aspect of Yakutsk is its isolation -- a whole six time zones away from Moscow. 9. Dhaka, Bangladesh
A view of traffic on a street on the first day after a week-long nationwide transport blockade in Dhaka, November 26, 2006. Type of hell: Pollution Despite enduring political instability, military suppression and devastation from war and natural disaster, the capital of Bangladesh faces a new crisis over critically high pollution levels. Rapid industrial development has filled the city with so much smog it is causing environmental damage, with 9.7 million tons of waste dumped in the river by the city each year. 10. Baghdad, Iraq
Children look at destroyed vehicles after clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City May 13, 2008, which police said killed 11 people and wounded 20 others. Type of hell: Conflict The city has been irreversibly damaged by the Gulf War and years of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, bringing the once vibrant city to its knees. Lootings, robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults have been rife, but it is the daily slaughter of troops, journalists and civilians that terrify the most. |
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Addition date: May 19, 2008
Tags: Travel, North America, Usa, Asia, Russian Federation, China Source: http://features.us.reuters.com/destinations/news/03A79076-21FD-11DD-802F-79120433.html |
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