In a riposte to harrydave, here is a list of places to avoid if you are a monger. My international travel for work is now over. During my years of work travel I was not a monger but I always had my eyes open as I ventured around the world. I must also add that I was working in deserts, jungles, icefields, or on drilling platforms. It seems that there is no oil to be found in urban areas.
Saudi Arabia - The most gawd-awful country on this planet. Anything remotely resembling fun is rigidly repressed by the authorities. The royal family does its best to keep Saudis and foreigners separated. Religious police have the right to give you a beating in the street if you have broken some ridiculous religious ukase. The weather is also devilishly hot.
Algeria - Surprise! Another Muslim country. 'Nuff said.
Indonesia - What's this.....a third Muslim country? The jungles of Borneo were interesting, to be sure, but basically uninhabitable by human beings. Bugs, bugs, bugs, and more bugs.....many of therm able to do very nasty things to your body. Humidity that sapped your strength. Rainfall that destroyed your soul. Interesting food, though and through second-hand stories I was told that fun could be had in Bali.
North Sea drilling/production platforms - Nearest land was the Shetlands or the Orkneys, great places if you want to get comfortable with a sweet ewe. The midst of the North Sea is another of the world's weather-challenged places. the most ferocious non-stop winds of my life is the most joyful memory of the North Sea that I cherish.
Beaufort Sea drill ship - This is in Canada's Arctic (about 70 degrees north latitude). No bugs here but also no sunlight for two months of the year. Unless you have experienced the sensory deprivation of total darkness you really don't know how numbing that can be. Also numbing is temperature. During my winter on the Beaufort I experienced a three-week spell of -50C temperatures. THAT, my fellow tusclers, is freakin' cold, even for farmerart. No lap dances available from any jolly Inuit ladies. Sheesh, I never even got to rub noses!