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Why Brits shouldn't go abroad: From airport pranks and getting trapped in a bin to burying themselves in the sand and getting chomped by bears... the UK tourists who should have stayed home

These are the lighter stories of British adventurers getting it wrong and returning home with a story and little more than a scratch to show for it.

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