But the arid, rundown border village has earned its reputation.
On the final day of our peregrinations, we headed to the French border village of Coustouges.
Had there been a hotel in Tunduma, the border village, it could have been booked online.
Some 14,000 people are waiting at the border village in the hope of travelling north.
Grandad Stan started the shop in the Welsh border village in 1947.
It was nearly dawn but still dark when they arrived in a small Greek border village.
Many gather in the seedy, menacing border village of Tecum Uman, whence they cross the Suchiate river to Mexico.
The North has since stationed a representative of its military as its contact point at the border village.
Turkey was now out of the question, and backtracking would only return us to a remote border village.
Meanwhile, a Syrian government helicopter fired three missiles into the Lebanese border village of Arsal, injuring one.
The two delegations, led by army colonels, began their meeting on Tuesday at the border village of Panmunjom.
