Most overrated tourist attractions in the world
Aug 19, 2012, 8:28 am
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Salton Sea, California--while not a tourist attraction, I felt it might be interesting to see...below sea level, largest lake, etc. Figured it might save me a trip to the Dead Sea.
What a mistake--a fly infested hell hole. Why someone would live there (and there were a few mobile homes and houses) mystifies me to this day.
What a mistake--a fly infested hell hole. Why someone would live there (and there were a few mobile homes and houses) mystifies me to this day.
Aug 19, 2012, 5:42 pm
#752
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Yes, the Champs-Elysees (note the spelling) has become execrable. The center of "party" Paris has moved east into the Marais, which is a little bit like the C.E. three-quarters of a century ago.
Aug 19, 2012, 5:45 pm
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The Champs-Élysées (my keyboard has accents 
) is sadly like many once-great streets of the world now mostly a giant shopping mall. I am however so pleased to see the return of M&S, and am apparently not alone as that shop is mobbed by both Parisians and tourists every day.
) is sadly like many once-great streets of the world now mostly a giant shopping mall. I am however so pleased to see the return of M&S, and am apparently not alone as that shop is mobbed by both Parisians and tourists every day.
Aug 19, 2012, 6:00 pm
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I personally was very disappointed with the pyramids in Cairo.
I guess it wasn't so much the pyramids themselves, but rather the utter lack of upkeep and respect displayed at the sight. Refuse everywhere and a generally dirty feeling, it was almost heartbreaking.
I guess it wasn't so much the pyramids themselves, but rather the utter lack of upkeep and respect displayed at the sight. Refuse everywhere and a generally dirty feeling, it was almost heartbreaking.
Aug 19, 2012, 6:02 pm
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Salton Sea, California--while not a tourist attraction, I felt it might be interesting to see...below sea level, largest lake, etc. Figured it might save me a trip to the Dead Sea.
What a mistake--a fly infested hell hole. Why someone would live there (and there were a few mobile homes and houses) mystifies me to this day.
What a mistake--a fly infested hell hole. Why someone would live there (and there were a few mobile homes and houses) mystifies me to this day.
Aug 20, 2012, 12:13 am
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Another +1 to Plymouth Rock.
Stopped by today after a day on the cape and dinner a few miles away. The SO had never been, so we decided to check it out.
It was so dull. I couldn't even take pictures of it. It was a rock with a cement filled crack.
Stopped by today after a day on the cape and dinner a few miles away. The SO had never been, so we decided to check it out.
It was so dull. I couldn't even take pictures of it. It was a rock with a cement filled crack.
Aug 20, 2012, 4:49 am
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Aug 20, 2012, 5:33 am
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I could not agree more. The current guardians of these monuments should have their ancestors turning in their tombs.
Aug 20, 2012, 10:31 am
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Fully agree with that. There are much more impressive paintings on the opposite wall that are not surrounded by 300 tourists craning their neck to see it!
Aug 20, 2012, 1:37 pm
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Some of mine:
Kennedy Space Center- I love NASA, and when I moved to Houston got great tours of Johnson Space Center, get to go into mission control, saw them train real astronauts, get into mock-ups, go over to EFD and see the big Carter pool and what not. I didn't find anything at KSC that great on my visits. Maybe had it been a launch day I'd feel different. MarshalSFC in Alabama was even more interesting during some of my visits than KSC.
Kennedy Space Center- I love NASA, and when I moved to Houston got great tours of Johnson Space Center, get to go into mission control, saw them train real astronauts, get into mock-ups, go over to EFD and see the big Carter pool and what not. I didn't find anything at KSC that great on my visits. Maybe had it been a launch day I'd feel different. MarshalSFC in Alabama was even more interesting during some of my visits than KSC.
Florida...and especially Daytona
Aug 21, 2012, 10:41 pm
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All of Shanghai, and anyplace that rests its laurels on a beach/casino.
Also, in tandem with the topic, steady rises in Chinese tourist site entrance fees have me going back for less and less. I vaguely recall a random park in Wuxi charging 50 kuai (in December 2011, around US$8; now slightly less), so instead I just hovered by incomplete bridges to photograph the "desaturated" skyline. Heh, but years earlier I did successfully use my driver's license "class" to get discounts at Egyptian sites. Guess I got karma'd.
Times Square for sure. At least the kilometres of neon/spazzy strobes that inhabit Japanese cities represent restaurants/randomness in where I'd actually like to become a customer. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Red Lobster? ほっといてくれよ
Also, in tandem with the topic, steady rises in Chinese tourist site entrance fees have me going back for less and less. I vaguely recall a random park in Wuxi charging 50 kuai (in December 2011, around US$8; now slightly less), so instead I just hovered by incomplete bridges to photograph the "desaturated" skyline. Heh, but years earlier I did successfully use my driver's license "class" to get discounts at Egyptian sites. Guess I got karma'd.
Times Square for sure. At least the kilometres of neon/spazzy strobes that inhabit Japanese cities represent restaurants/randomness in where I'd actually like to become a customer. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Red Lobster? ほっといてくれよ
