Travel Stories

Submitted by Froggodoggo on September 4, 2025

I felt like I wanted to hear some travel stories, so why not ask some random strangers on the internet? What's the weirdest thing that's happened to you on a holiday?

I'll go first (hehe)

I went to Canada once, and I lost my phone there. It was completely my fault but...

Also when I went to Jakarta there were some people in the middle of busy roads that painted themselves silver. I have no idea why, does anyone here know?

Anyways have a nice day/night (depending on where you live)!

5 Comments

Level 81

Sep 5, 2025

Bumped into a guy I went to school with twice in different parts of the world, almost twenty years apart.

First time was in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We were both walking along the street in opposite directions. I was on holiday from the UK, he was working there and was only in Halifax for one day!

Fast forward twenty years and I'm unloading my truck at a small factory in a small town near Naples, Italy. I think it may have been Saviano, but I'm not sure. It was a while ago. The same guy from school walked past the entrance to the factory at the precise moment I was leaving the gate. Turned out he was visiting his wife's grandparents who lived in the town.

Never seen him since though.

Level 99

Sep 5, 2025

I totaled my car in Wyoming/McDowell county West Virginia. A police officer (only officer for the city of Welch) arrived and was best friends with the drunk guy who hit me. He loaded him in his car and drove him away. The tow truck driver and I had to clean up the entire accident and reopen the highway on our own. I had to hitchhike 40 miles to Bluefield with another drunk driver to be able to call insurance. They never found my car and the officer never filed a police report. City hall, as well as almost the entire city of Welch, has been abandoned so I never found out what happened. Not a good day!

I met some folks in England who owned property bordering Highclere Castle (from Downton Abbey). They said they had permission to walk the grounds and took me on a tour. Lady Carnarvon saw us on the lawn and approached us angrily, thinking we were trespassers. After a short conversation she let us continue to tour!

Level 78

Sep 6, 2025

I was in South Mumbai (Bombay) with a friend, and we had to travel to North Mumbai to make it in time for 7.30 dinner. The only way for us to do that was to take a fast train.

As we left to go to the train station, I heard a distinct voice in my heart, which I believe to be the voice of Jesus. ( I’m not from a Christian family). He said ‘Go buy a handbag.’

This sounded crazy as I processed this in my mind. If we were to do that, we’d get late for the dinner, and ‘we were shopping for a handbag’ would have been a pathetic excuse for being late and would clearly be disrespectful of the others who’d have made an effort to be at the dinner on time.

As I processed this, He spoke again with authority, ‘Go buy a handbag’. It was an order.

So we got one.

When we reached the train station, five of seven terrorist bomb blasts had already occurred on trains on the train line.

I dont think that God necessarily loved me more than the people who died. It just wasn’t our time to die.

Level 65

Sep 6, 2025

Oh shoot man, glad to hear you're okay

Level 78

Sep 6, 2025

Me too! :)) (This was a while back, btw)