Five reasons to acquire that non-U. S. passport.

[randomness]

From http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4328:

Top Tourist Spots Americans Can’t Visit
"Looking for someplace special to spend the Fourth of July? FP investigates five fabulous destinations where a summer getaway is next to impossible."

That's a little misleading. Some of these destinations are actually possible for Americans to visit, if you really want to, and at least one is simply unwise: "Because a good day in Somalia is the worst day of your life almost anywhere else."

From http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/somalia/:
"A traveller to Somalia is spoilt for choice in the number of things that can go wrong."

But as the Foreign Policy article puts it: "Still, the water is lovely."

Comments

[frotz.livejournal.com]

There are huge benefits to travelling on a non-US passport in many cases, but the problem with Cuba (which I'd really like to visit) is that the US government considers it generally illegal for me to visit at all. They do enforce this, very inconsistently but at times with great vigor.

I'd thought for some reason that Iran had this same status, but apparently not. Hrm. Anyone for a road trip to Persepolis?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Anyone for a road trip to Persepolis?

I am, of course.

I was thinking of trying the Kish Island visa dodge, but I'm not sure it'll work for US passport holders. It might work for a UK passport holder, however, and Kish is a short flight from the Emirates.

[tcb.livejournal.com]

I've actually been wanting to go visit Cuba for years. I've heard that it is wonderfully un-American. However, it is relatively easy to get there, via Canada. One wonders how things will change in a post-Castro US relationship.

[quezz.livejournal.com]

It's pretty easy to get to Cuba illegally from Jamaica, even with a U.S. passport. I've not done it (didn't have time) but there are tours in the Latin American and African-American communities that specialize in trips to Cuba. Educators can also get special permission to visit Cuba nowadays.

I'm surprised that the beaches of Libya and oases in the Algerian Sahara are not on there. I've hopped over the border of Algeria from Tunisia.

I've only seen the North Korean border from China -- I'm going to visit the DMZ from South Korea in a few weeks.