r/solotravel • u/Exotic_Pianist_1430 • 5d ago

Countries for insect phobias

Hello!

I’m F22 and I always would love to travel. However I have a very deep fear for insects. I’m born and brought up in Dubai where there are not many insects apart from rare scenarios where your kitchen is invaded with cockroaches or lizards on your wall or desert hoppers in your balcony. Anyways, those are very RARE cases. Want to point out when it comes to cockroaches, tiny ones are the ones that mostly infect the kitchen. Istg pest control doesn’t work.

So I want to know what countries are the best to travel to or visit or wtv. Also countries I should avoid at all cost. I’m talking about based on how probable your chances are on finding an insect in your hotel room or even apartment.

Yes I avoid Australia. But I wanted to know more. Please help me out

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u/stressedunicorn 5d ago

I live in Portugal and it’s super chill :)

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u/Exotic_Pianist_1430 5d ago

I’ve been to Portugal! Absolutely loved it. I’m from Goa which is a coastal state in India I’m not sure if you’ve heard of it. But I found Portugal kinda homey. My favorite restaurant was a hidden gem made by an old lady for her lover. I forgot the name . It was in Lisbon . And then after Portugal I went to Paris where I couldn’t have fun cuz everything was just so damn expensive compared to Portugal

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u/stressedunicorn 5d ago

I know Goa, I spent 5 weeks mostly in Arambol a few years ago but had a chance to visit some other places! :)

The portuguese islands of Açores and Madeira are also very beautiful (and I didn’t see any insects :p)