Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Sean Vergowven asks, “It might have been asked before. But is there any place you wouldn’t want to visit again? Either because you had a bad experience or you saw everything.”

The first thing I’d say is that you can never see everything. I don’t think you can ever be “done” with a place. I’ve returned to places a second and third time and have had different experiences every time.

Your experience in a place will depend on a host of factors, including the time of year, the weather, and who you happen to meet.

So the short answer is no, there is no place I wouldn’t return to.

That being said, there are some places where that are not high on my priority list for returning. Probably number one is Russia. Russia has very onerous visa requirements for Americans, and when I was last there, I was harassed at the border control. and I don’t think things have gotten any better since I was last there.

Visa issues and the difficulty getting into a country are always a big factor in determining where I would visit.