LETS GO ON VACATION buzzfeed/chernobyldiaries/places-you-never-want-to-go-on-a-vacation?s=mobile 1. Buford, Wyoming Formerly sporting a bustling population of two, Buford now only has a single resident. Add that to the fact that its located in the middle of Wyoming—the least populated state in the union—and you have one hell of a bad place to vacay. Mark Brennan / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Flickr: funkadelic 2. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Patch is a basically immobile, gigantic mass of trash out in the middle of the Pacific. Most estimates put its size—composed entirely of plastic bottles, chemical sludge, and basically any other kind of debris you can imagine—larger than the state of Texas. Youd probably rather go to Texas. Steven Guerrisi / CC BY 2.0 / Flickr: sjguerrisiportfolio 3. Alnwick Poison Garden, England The Alnwick Poison Garden is pretty much what youd think it is: a garden full of plants that can kill you (among many other things). Some of the plants are so dangerous that they have to be kept behind bars. Its not exactly your typical stroll through a botanical garden. Richard Clark / Getty Images 4. Ramree Island, Burma Ramree Island may be in the beautiful Burma, but nothing about this place is beautiful. Its actually just a giant swamp full of thousands of saltwater crocodiles—which are the deadliest in the world—plus mosquitos loaded with malaria, oh, and venomous scorpions. Also, there was a six-week long battle here during WWII, in which only twenty Japanese soliders survived... out of 1000. And most were killed by the wildlife. Sean Weekly Photography / Getty Images 5. The Zone of Alienation, Ukraine Although you probably wouldnt want to vacation in Pripyat either, the Zone of Alienation is the 19-mile decommissioned perimeter surrounding the grounds of the Chernobyl incident. Its administered by a branch of government specifically so that no-one is allowed into it, but there are a few hundred residents who refused to move. Whats wrong with those people? You probably dont want to know. Dragunov1981 / iStockphoto / Getty Images 6. Ilha de Queimada Grande, Brazil Sorry to tell you this, but Ilha de Queimada Grande isnt a fantastical island getaway. Its actually an island full of thousands of snakes. Its name literally means, Snake Island. It has the highest concentration of snakes in the world, with 1-5 golden lanceheads per square meter—oh, and theyre very poisonous: when designs were drawn up to build a plantation on the island, all the scouts were killed. ArevHamb / iStockphoto / Getty Images 7. St. Helena If you somehow end up in the same place where Napoleon was imprisoned and spent his final days, things are probably going wrong. Oh yeah, and theres no functioning airport, either. The only way you can get on or off the island is via container ships from South Africa. Which only come every few months. Darrin Henry / iStockphoto / Getty Images 8. Izu Island, Japan The Izus are a group of volcanic islands located off the southern coast of Japans Honshu island. Theyre technically part of Tokyo, except because theyre extremely volcanic, the air constantly smells of sulfur and residents have been evacuated twice—in 1953 and 2000—because of dangerously high levels of gas. Although allowed back in 2005, inhabitants are now required to carry gas masks on their person at all times. DigitalGlobe / Getty Images 9. Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan Sure, mud volcanoes arent nearly as dangerous as their cousins of the magmatic variety, but when they do actually erupt, its not exactly a pretty sight. In 2001, a new island grew out of the Caspian Sea, due to an increase in volcanic activity—right nearby where hundreds of these bad boys are. Generally, they go off every twenty years, and when they do, they shoot flames hundreds of meters into the sky and deposit tons of mud into the immediate area. Try wrestling your way out of thatmud.
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