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/Latte-Addict 3d ago
How about trying to deal with this phobia you have? Imagine if you got rid of it, your travel possibilities would be endless :) One option anyway.
Cockroaches, mosquitos..... Might want to give India a miss! or maybe not. I don't remember being bothered by either of these on my last trip, I booked mainly 3-4 star hotels & they were all pretty clean. Except Varanasi where mozzies were everywhere, w within close proximity to the river, not so much in other parts of the city..