How not to go about having a holiday

[Lee_M]

Went to Vassiliki on Lefkas for two weeks holiday of windsurfing and mountain biking (there are some great rides including an 18km ride that goes from sea level to 2000 ft then back down again).

Was really enjoying myself up until day 2, when I crashed:
On the road
100 yards from the hotel
On the flat
By clashing bars with a 12 year old - who bounced off the road.

I meanwhile hit the deck hard, slid along,
The result?
gravel rash from shoulder to ankle
broken ribs

The outcome?
Two weeks sitting by a pool drinking beer

Not a bad way to recuperate, but would have preferred to top up my cycling and windsurfing instead of my tan lines.

On the upside, I'm not dead, and I'm going back in September

Oh, and broken ribs really really hurt

 

[BJH]

And also on the upside two weeks by the pool drinking beer

 

[Chris Norton]

Day 3 of a 2 week holiday in Spain. Appendicitis, emergency operation and 7 days in hospital. Rest of holiday stuck in the apartment.

At least you had beer.

 

[swansonj]

As my wife likes to remind me:
Arrive in Oslo on Boxing Day.
Get bus to hotel.
Check in to hotel.
Walk towards city centre.
Slip on icy pavement and break wrist, within 2 hours of touching down in Norway.
(That was a few years ago now)

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Ouch

 

[Fnaar]

Went to Greece with a mate, aged about 19.
Got a cab from airport into Athens.
I said I'd pay and we'd work it out later in our room.
I accidentally gave the cabbie 10x the real fare (needless to say, he didn't point out my mistake)
I was skint for the next 2 weeks, and had to borrow off my mate.