Travel Incidents
Madrid/Barcelona, Spain
The Spanish Post Office"Loss of Packages in Spain PO"
SENDING PACKAGES TO SPAIN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
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Playa del coco, Costa Rica
Coco Beach"Warning Go South Adventure Tours Dangerous"
We scheduled the dolphin/ whale watching tour. This tour leaves from Playa Del Coco Costa Rica. It was advertising that a water taxi would pick us up and take us out to their 25' costa boat. Well the water taxi was merely another boat a little small...
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Melbourne, Australia
Mornington Peninsula"Scorpion Sting"
Our Irish friend got some work planting shrubs on a property about an hour south of Melbourne. He was bitten by something on his finger, it drew blood and was extremely painful. He was in agony with the pain, but said he only saw a movement and didn...
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Beaulieu sur mer, France
private apartment in town"Bond stolen from under me by unscrupulous thieving..."
I would like to advise other travelers to be very careful when renting any property through individuals. I rented an apartment for a period of 2 months. At the time of departure the owners refused to return my bond money (500 euros cash) even though...
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