The Anti-Tourism Thread

[DoomYoshi]

Here, I come up with places to visit that don't have a particularly strong international tourist appeal.

This Week:
Tri-State Area (KY, IN, IL)

We start our trip by landing at Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport, in Owensboro, KY. This is part of the Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region of western Kentucky. We will visit the International Bluegrass Music Museum and if you are there for the second weekend in May, you can eat at the International Bar-B-Q Festival. Places to stay: Super 8 etc.

Next up is a 50 km drive to Evansville, IN to visit the Casino Aztar, riverboat casino. Don't miss the Angel Mounds while you are in town. Some will like to stay in this town (the metropolis of the Tri-State area, at a hefty 100 thousand people), but others will like to explore South Indiana.

What word best describes southern Indiana? “Rolling.” From beautiful rolling hills to exhilarating roller costers, it’s full of wonders.

Note the spelling mistake taken from an official government map.

Finally, we enter the Trails to Adventure region of Illinois. The Shawnee National Forest is a nice destination, as is the Economy Inn & Suites. If you enter the town of Harrisburg, be sure not to miss the China Buffet. It will make you feel as if you are at home, which is good practice since this trip is now over and you fly home.

[BigBallinStalin]

Here, I come up with places to visit that don't have a particularly strong international tourist appeal.

This Week:
Tri-State Area (KY, IN, IL)

We start our trip by landing at Owensboro-Daviess County....

[DoomYoshi]

This week:

We are Going to Hawaii!!!!

We are going to fly into Kona International Airport.

First, it is the only major airport on Hawaii to use a mobile ramp.

We will have fun on the mobile ramp/staircase. Then we will look around for buildings. There are none. This is the only outdoor International Airport in the world. Isn't it great to see Hawaii outdoors? Then we hop back on the plane - we are going to Tokyo!!!

That's next week though.

[Juan_Bottom]

This thread is weird as hell!

3 of 5 stars

[AndyDufresne]

DoomYoshi recently underwent split brain surgery. He's a better man for it. I give all his recent topics 6 bananas out of a bunch.


--Andy

[2dimes]

I'm interested partially because I have not been to the big island.

[betiko]

i want a picture of the outdoor airport.

[ManBungalow]

I snapped a picture of Gillipig on the plane:

Click image to enlarge.

[DoomYoshi]

i want a picture of the outdoor airport.

http://airdailyx.blogspot.ca/2011/07/hawai-vol2-kona-international.html

These are from a fligh sim, which are usually pretty accurate. There are roofs (it rains a lot) but there are no walls on the airport terminal. The air control tower and hangars are the only real buildings, as the offices are all trailers.

[2dimes]

There would be walls even if there are areas without. As an international airport they have customs agents and massage therapists posing as security pre-flight screeners.

I have flown to a smaller airport on Molokai to view the cliffs and there is a cool open air terminal there since it's only inter island they have no on site staff. Just a couple of vending machines. We did not leave the airport because you need to get permission since it is on a leper colony. I did turn off the faucet in the restroom, someone had left running. I love exploring places like that, it's one of my favorite things to do actually. I might post a couple of pics if there is an interest.

[DoomYoshi]

There would be walls even if there are areas without. As an international airport they have customs agents and massage therapists posing as security pre-flight screeners.

I have flown to a smaller airport on Molokai to view the cliffs and there is a cool open air terminal there since it's only inter island they have no on site staff. Just a couple of vending machines. We did not leave the airport because you need to get permission since it is on a leper colony. I did turn off the faucet in the restroom, someone had left running. I love exploring places like that, it's one of my favorite things to do actually. I might post a couple of pics if there is an interest.

http://hawaii.gov/koa/airport-information/airport-construction

Join the thread, man.

[Funkyterrance]

I thought this was going to be a thread warning about the dangers of tourism; getting bitten by rabid dogs, risk of kidnapping , gastro-intestinal disease, etc.. I guess I'll just chuck my notes.

[2dimes]

The only time I got really nasty gastrointestinal problems from drinking local water was in Sidney Australia. So I have a hearty laugh when one of those guys starts breaking off about the US&A. Third world water treatment in your largest fancy city. Ha!

Yoshi the link said the page is also "under construction." I'm interested though so I'll be scoping it out hopefully.

[AndyDufresne]

I thought this was going to be a thread warning about the dangers of tourism; getting bitten by rabid dogs, risk of kidnapping , gastro-intestinal disease, etc.. I guess I'll just chuck my notes.

You should make an Anti-Anti-Tourism Thread Thread


--Andy

[jonesthecurl]

The only time I got really nasty gastrointestinal problems from drinking local water was in Sidney Australia. So I have a hearty laugh when one of those guys starts breaking off about the US&A. Third world water treatment in your largest fancy city. Ha!

Yoshi the link said the page is also "under construction." I'm interested though so I'll be scoping it out hopefully.

Don't put ice in your drink in Kenya.

[2dimes]

In Cairo we bought some water. Got back to the hotel and noticed two odd things.
1- that brand usually had shrink wrap over the caps.
2- more significantly, the bottles were beat up and scratched but the caps were shiny and new looking.

I decided we should just leave them for the hotel staff. Pretty sure someone had refilled them and used counterfeit caps.

We avoided salads etc. there. On the way out on lufthansa I ate the toboulli and that went right on through. I almost ended up left behind on the plane.

[Funkyterrance]

In Cairo we bought some water. Got back to the hotel and noticed two odd things.
1- that brand usually had shrink wrap over the caps.
2- more significantly, the bottles were beat up and scratched but the caps were shiny and new looking.

Now we're talking!
That's some lifetime movie material right there.

[Gillipig]

Don't visit a developing country, my brother loves these crappy developing countries, he got herpes after being in Thailand this winter and now he's going to Tunisia. He says it's for the sun but I suspect it's for the cheap pussy. Anyway, I can't guarantee I won't laugh at him if he gets herpes again.

[2dimes]

How would he know?

[AslanTheKing]

common sense will help in any country,
u want believe it but i had food poisoning in haifa, israel
and i thought kosher kills the germs (an)

water is important, in places like northafrica ure fine with evian water ( they sell it in every country

and dont think if the locals can eat it u can too,
thats wrong, we have a different system
i was astonished at the fishmarket in oman, all the fish lying for hours in the sun
the fishmarket in seattle is the opposite, all hygienic and iced, great place (plaice )

i cant remember the city in japan i went to,
northwest, they had this huge king crabs on the market too
but i went to get some sushi,
and old man was preparing it in front of me, and i saw the cockroaches running around,
i was polite and ate it all

but about cockroaches i could tell u other storys, one was in puerto rico
still love this place

i have been to places like rio de janeiro, india, thailand-pattaya...
but i had never herpes ( or whatever u call it)
protect your stomach and your dick-always

[Funkyterrance]

Don't visit a developing country, my brother loves these crappy developing countries, he got herpes after being in Thailand this winter and now he's going to Tunisia. He says it's for the sun but I suspect it's for the cheap pussy. Anyway, I can't guarantee I won't laugh at him if he gets herpes again.

There is no cure for herpes so technically you cant get it "again". He can spread the virus though, even if he's not experiencing symptoms.

[Gillipig]

Don't visit a developing country, my brother loves these crappy developing countries, he got herpes after being in Thailand this winter and now he's going to Tunisia. He says it's for the sun but I suspect it's for the cheap pussy. Anyway, I can't guarantee I won't laugh at him if he gets herpes again.

There is no cure for herpes so technically you cant get it "again". He can spread the virus though, even if he's not experiencing symptoms.

You seem to know a lot about herpes......

[2dimes]

It's not some new thing.

[DoomYoshi]

Don't visit a developing country, my brother loves these crappy developing countries, he got herpes after being in Thailand this winter and now he's going to Tunisia. He says it's for the sun but I suspect it's for the cheap pussy. Anyway, I can't guarantee I won't laugh at him if he gets herpes again.

There is no cure for herpes so technically you cant get it "again". He can spread the virus though, even if he's not experiencing symptoms.

You seem to know a lot about herpes......

You seem to know a lot about your brother....

[laughingcavalier]

The UK doesn’t offer the visitor the same wide open spaces as the US, but we have some interesting spots for the visitor nonetheless. One to consider is Swindon. Famous as the world’s first railway town, built to house the Great Western Railway’s engine sheds in the 1840s, Swindon architects have not been shy to maintain their heritage. They continue to chuck up ugly functional blocks notable for their shoddy design and basic materials in which people dully eke out more or less unhappy working lives.
Desmond Morris grew up here and took the opportunity to leave and not return at the age of 19. Diana Dors (ask Andy if you are not sure who she is), left even earlier at age 15. Some famous people have elected to remain in Swindon, notably Fred Ferris the town crier.

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Those with an interest in transport history may visit the railway museum, though even the townspeople say you would be better to head off to the competing museum in nearby Didcot.
The world’s first railway café was here (sadly pulled down so that British Rail could erect an ugly 1970s office block). It was this establishment that set the benchmark for travel catering. Isembard Kingdom Brunel himself visited and wrote the following letter to the restaurant’s owner:
" Dear Sir,
I assure you Mr Player [the manager] was wrong in supposing that I thought you purchased inferior coffee. I thought I said to him that I was surprised you should buy such bad roasted corn. I did not believe that you had such a thing as coffee in the place; I am certain that I never tasted any. I have long ceased to make complaints at Swindon. I avoid taking anything there when I can help it.
Yours faithfully,
I K Brunel."