CameronPoe wrote:
Angkor Watt, Cambodia
Macchu Picchu, Peru
Cairo, Egypt
Great Wall/Forbidden City, China
Antartica
I've been to Angkor last year. I have never seen so many japanese tourists. Seriously, they come in their tour groups to have a weekend holiday. Get in there while you can - it (and Vietnam) will be 'touristvilles' within 10 years.
I don't have a top 5 at the moment, but I'll put Macchu Picchu on that list.
EDIT: Add Ireland/Scotland. Hell, anywhere that is good for photography.
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
haha you obviously haven't been many places to have Paris on that list.
Nowhere in my travels have I met more disrespectful, holier-than-thou, egomaniacal people than in Paris. I was at a restaurant with my brother, the waiter speaks to us in French, my brother replies in French, the waiter gets a disgusted look on his face and says, no, speak english. Then he pretends like he doesn't understand what we are saying. Also, the average patron in the bars there (a bar/pub is the best place to get the true feeling of the people of a country) was just so stuck up and American-unfriendly.
Must be the American accent when you speak english. I had to problem when I spoke with my Australian accent.
But seriously, I only met one arrogant fucker:
WARNING: Travel story - slightly off topic...You guys who have been to Paris know of the
Pompidou Centre? Well I'm a fan of Renzo Piano's architecture (he did
Aurora Place in Sydney, one of the coolest buildings), and I wanted to see this building. While I was there I decided to see the art exhibition.
So my parents get the tickets while me and my bro wait. We go to the 'checkpoint' to get to the exhibit and the lady tells my mum and dad they need to cloak their bags in (they are too big according to this sign).
My camera bag is smaller than the indicated limit!We go back and then there is this guy doing the tickets (at checkpoint). He scans my ticket then tells me my bag is too big... I go to the cloak room and they have a sign
NO VALUABLES!.
Here enters the dilemma. I am carrying on my back some $3600AU in camera gear!!! I can neither take my bag with me, or cloak the fucking thing.
We go back to this guy and tell him that it is unacceptable as the cloak room will not take the bag. We are talking in a calm manor. This guy replies to my dad "
We are a civilised country and I will have to ask you to leave."
So I thought "fuck him", I'm getting my money back. I head over to the info desk and tell them my story. Wanna know what I get?
Why don't you just carry the lenses in your pockets? WHAT KIND OF A FUCKING ANSWER IS THAT?!!? The idiots were worries that my camera bag would touch and damage artwork - there were ropes about a metre out from the art stoping people from getting that close.
Anyway, I gave my dad the camera while he and my bro waited. Me and Mum saw the art...
total waste of time IMO. As my mum put it "It just shows you can have a name and sell any old shit". I also saw many many people with bags larger than mine.
Wanker.
Mcminty.