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Rude French, loud Americans and ugly Russians?

Tell us your travel stereotypes!

Traveling is a good way to check which of your stereotypes about other people are actually true. Let us know what you have experienced and complete the following sentences! ;)

1) The most beautiful women are from ...
2) The ugliest guys can be found in ...
3) Watch out for the worst drivers in ...
4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in ...
5) The rudest waiters work in ...

6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in ...

Please let us know by posting below!
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  • jazzjeppe
    1) The most beautiful women are from ...Sweden 2) The ugliest guys can be found in ...UK 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in ... Malta 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in ... Japan 5) The rudest waiters work in ... UK 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in ... China
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  • msquare
    1) Adelaide, Australia 2) No Comment 3) Cab drivers in India 4) The best airports: Amsterdam/London/Chicago/KL 5) Many places in China and a few in Australia 6) China...they eat everything that moves here: No exceptions
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  • alexisdoll
    I think beautiful women and ugly guys can be found almost everywhere....but I wonder why the question is not asked the other way round...the most ugly women are from...and the most handsome guys are from...can't say much about 3 and 4....and 5 and 6 are largely subjective....
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  • Jannerl
    1) Iran, India, Thailand, Scandinavia - impossible to choose 2) there are handsome and ugly guys everywhere 3) US (especially Washington, DC, my home town!) 4) the least expected places I find great people everywhere I go - try to go with the flow and "When in Rome, do as the Romans do..."
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  • cbirk
    1) The most beautiful women are from Montreal 2) The ugliest guys can be found in many places 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Montreal and Vietnam 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are at the POST Hotel, Lake Louise 5) The rudest waiters work in Paris 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Hanoi
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  • alexisdoll
    Cleanest bathrooms - no where south of the border
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  • ceritaambar
    1) The most beautiful women are from India (it been proved) 2) The ugliest guys can be found in Australia. 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in USA and Indonesia 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Singapore. 5) The rudest waiters work in Cork, Ireland. 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Hanoi.
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  • alexisdoll
    Funniest Food is Beijing of course!!
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  • kunchala
    Germans women are most beautiful. worst drivers in USA and France.The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Australia.The ugliest guys can be found in Ukraine. ------------------------------- Rosa Parks [url=http://www.vacationtraveldeals.org]Travel Deals[/url]
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  • flo
    1 - most beautiful woemn are from... sweden, south america and CEE countries 2 - ugliest guys - i would say russia, ukraine, england 3 - worst drivers are in the USA and france 4 - cleanest bathrooms - maybe germany and austria 5 - rudest waiters - very often in austria 6 - funniest food is for sure on the asian continent
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  • fxe1200
    I was asked to remove the french page of a multilingual hostel website. Asking the owner about the reason, I was told, that French people are arrogant and think everybody in the world has to speak French. That is the impression they have left at his hostel.
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  • cristina
    1) when I was on the trans-siberian, there was actually a guy asking everyone this question, doing research for some project I guess. everyone was saying brazil, italy, spain, thailand. in my opinion though, it's latvia. and they know it! a guy in riga, in response to me telling him that I was travelling west toward london, actually told me that, "it's all downhill from here."2) a tie between India (way too skinny, horrible style) and Russia (mullets are not my thing)3) Vietnam, though in some ways, the worst drivers are the best drivers4) Japan, since they clean themselves5) Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC. unsmiling hipster paradise.6) Lithuania, if the sheer amount of cream, butter, etc. used in cooking that will eventually lead to heart disease can be considered funny.
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  • odaniel
    1) The most beautiful women are from ... vegetarian parents 2) The ugliest guys can be found in ... most upmarket places 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in ... any city where I happen to be in a rush 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in ... bathroom stores 5) The rudest waiters work in ... restaurants where customers usually deserve poor treatment 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in ... all those joints offering allegedly fusion and modern food
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  • juliettt
    1) The most beautiful women are from ... Brazil 2) The ugliest guys can be found in ... Portugal 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in ... Italy 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in ... Germany 5) The rudest waiters work in ... France 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in ... India!
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  • chriwi
    Seems that anybody posting here knows the world like the back of his own hand. ;-) I have no idea where "The world's cleanest bathrooms" are, beacause i've seen only a insignificant number of bathrooms of the world. But here is my personal and subjective vote: 1) Caribbean 2) No idea. Never gave a thought to that. 3) Paris 4) don't know 5) I give my vote to Vienna/Austria. Because I am Viennese, and want my home town to win this award. 6) China
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  • elianew
    born in Madagascar (as well worst driver in the world) grew up in Germany (cleanest bathroom) lived in Hongkong ( funniest food too) and London (ugly guys in England) i wouldnt call it racism by posting down the stereotyps....i combine all those different attitudes in myself....it's a good way laughing about yourself and not taking everything too seriuos
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  • mrtraveller
    Stereotypes always existed and always will exist - they are the outside picture of different nationalities, their habits, world views, values and often the behavior they show abroad. Of course most stereotypes are highly exaggerated generalizations but usually based on a grain of truth. Having traveled, lived and worked outside of Germany for many years, I had the pleasure of meeting many people of all sorts of nationalities - with some you connect - with others you don't, regardless of their origin. Some people represent their country's stereotypes 100% - some don't at all. Personally, I love to talk about stereotypes, joke about them and guess where people come from - it's fun! Have you never spent and evening in a hostel's common room enjoying drinks with 20 backpackers from all around the world having a whale of a time talking about their country's typical habits? Don't take them dead serious - just be open minded and learn to laugh about yourself! There are beautiful women in every country of this planet - same applies to ugly men! Trains in Switzerland ARE the most punctual - my Spanish colleague is ALWAYS 30 mins late to meetings and many Germans ARE dressed like Reinhold Messner on Mount Everest expedition - but in the heart of New York City! C'est la vie. Happy Travels & Pura Vida! :-)
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  • jebworks
    @lea: glad to know that I was born in the city with the cleanest bathrooms!!
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  • jebworks
    Interesting how some people who object to stereotypes are actually reinforcing them with their comments! If more people would take things with a grain of salt and just stay cool, the world would be a much better place and I agree with Sebastian, on way of breaking down negative stereotypes is by traveling with open eyes but more so with an open mind. As for a sense of humor, every nationality has one, it's just very different in many cases. Hey Tripwolf, stay on the edge!
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  • sebastian
    I appreciate your comment, Hennings. But I think nothing breaks down stereotypes as effectively as travel and exposure to other cultures. tripwolf members are well-traveled and have experienced it first-hand, so I think they know how to take this forum with a grain of salt. On top of that, there are a lot of positive stereotypes as well that I wouldn't call racism: What about hospitable Turks and and friendly Americans?
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  • Hennings
    I love how Tripwolf fosters stereotypes that we've been working for years to break down. I used to have a difficult time expressing overt racism on the Internet. Now, with Tripwolf, it's easy! Thanks Tripwolf!
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  • Pachoey
    1) The most beautiful women are from Italy, of course! 2) The ugliest guys can be found anywhere a soccer match has just let out. 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in southern Italy (In Napoli every single car has body damage) but in the north - those are actually the Germans who came speeding into the country so fast they haven't yet seen the speed limit. 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Germany - well, at least in the airports ;) 5) The rudest waiters work in (I almost feel compelled to say Vienna ;) ) but I'm going with Paris. 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in a restaurant called La Tarantella outside Mestre, Italy - try the moeki (sp?) they come to the table complete with spidery legs attached and all! ;) 7) The worst example of globalization destroying local culture goes to Innsbruck, Austria - take a right off the historic central plaza and you'll swear you just arrived at Pier 49 in San Francisco, complete with cheesy t-shirt and trinket shops hawking a parody of Austrian culture to lame tourists. 8) The worst accent award goes to America girls from 'the valley' which now broadly means anywhere on the West Coast of the US since they've all adopted it- quite jarring to hear in an airport after several weeks abroad.
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  • Andyh428
    1) The most beautiful women are from ...Ireland 2) The ugliest guys can be found in ...England 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in ...Italy 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in ...Switzerland 5) The rudest waiters work in ...Montreal,Quebec,Canada 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in ...India
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  • elianew
    1) The most beautiful women is a blend of two culture.... of course ;-) 2) The ugliest guys can be found in England 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Kenya 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in GERMANY 5) The rudest waiters work in Germany... 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Taiwan... 7) The best bar in the world is Sirocco in Bangkok
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  • vneves
    1) The most beautiful women are from Prague 2) The ugliest guys can be found in France 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Italy 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Austria 5) The rudest waiters work in Prague 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Tailand
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  • lea
    1) The most beautiful women are from Austria ;-) 2) The ugliest guys can be found in Germany (speaking of stereotypes ;-) 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Triest, Italy 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Zürich, Ch 5) The rudest waiters work in Vienna! Many examples… eg former Domayer in Hietzing now Oberlaa 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed at the nightmarket in Trang, southern Thailand
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  • enzenhofer
    1) The most beautiful women are from lapland (french/ belgium border). 2) The ugliest guys can be found in brazil 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in austria, eferding. 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in japan. 5) The rudest waiters work in vienna, pizzeria mafiosi. 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in malaysia KL open market.
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  • demosthenes
    1)...India 2)...I don't really know, becauese I'm not interested in guys 3)...Pakistan 4)...Gemany 5)...Iran, because they are too proud to serve anybody 6)...India - and I love it
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  • xaxa
    1) The most beautiful women are from Czech Republic. 2) The ugliest guys can be found in South Africa 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in France 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Switzerland 5) The rudest waiters work in Prague 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed all over the world
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  • lbijan
    1) The most beautiful men are from Germany 2) The ugliest guys can be found Pakistan...with exceptions of course 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Chinatown 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in...apparently in Germany 5) The rudest waiters work in Paris 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in ...Taiwan
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  • lzinnagl
    1) ...a blend of two different countries 2)....england..sorry guys 3)...scheibbs (austria) 4)...my girlfriends apartment - i swear 5)...vienna!!!! 6)...japan
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  • e-driven
    1) The most beautiful women are from Canada (of course) 2) The ugliest guys can be found at almost every bar at four o'clock in the morning 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Turkey 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Germany 5) The rudest waiters work in Austria 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in China (yummy cockroaches)
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  • sekhmet_mii
    1) The most beautiful women are from Belgrade, Serbia. (of course) 2) The ugliest guys can be found in the halls of engineering schools. 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Santo Domingo, DR - they don't obey *any* signalization. 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Japanese companies. 5) The rudest waiters work in Vienna. 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Singapore.
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  • suikris
    1) The most beautiful women are from Zagreb, Croatia - oh, man! 2) The ugliest guys can be found in Galway, Ireland pubs at dawn - bloody scary! 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Mumbai, India - NYC cab drivers are apprentices at best! 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Singapore - immaculate! 5) The rudest waiters work in Vienna, Austria - ding, we have a winner! 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Cape Town, South Africa - fantastic ostrich steak!
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  • mrtraveller
    1) The most beautiful women are from Iran 2) The ugliest guys can be found in English pubs before & after soccer games 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Cairo - they are nuts! 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Germany 5) The rudest waiters work in Vienna - Cafe Havelka is No. 1 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Australia's Outback --> Bush Oysters!
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  • adena
    1) The most beautiful women are from India! 2) The ugliest guys can be found in clubs 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Quebec City! 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in ...it's always a 50/50 chance where ever you are! 5) The rudest waiters work in hippie tea shops ...grrrr 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Tibet - go momos!
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  • philipp
    1) The most beautiful women are from Istanbul, Turkey 2) The ugliest guys can be found in immigration office booths. 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in New York City (cab drivers) 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in Germany 5) The rudest waiters work in Viennese coffee houses (of course) 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in Chinatowns worldwide
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  • sebastian
    1) The most beautiful women are from Israel 2) The ugliest guys can be found in Ukraine 3) Watch out for the worst drivers in Peru 4) The world's cleanest bathrooms are in South Korea 5) The rudest waiters work in Vienna 6) The funniest food can be enjoyed in South Korea!
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