People Are Sharing The Most Disappointing And Over-Hyped Tourist Attractions Around The World

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The glass bridge over the grand canyon. Total rip-off tourist trap. It takes HOURS to get there from Vegas They charge you $20 to park in an empty desert
They charge you $30 per person to take the bus from the parking to the attraction (it’s like walking from parking into a mall - no distance at all!) Then they charge you $30 per person if you actually want to walk on the bridge.You cannot take pictures or bring a camera onto the bridge, but they will sell them to you, of course.
There is one overpriced place to eat where they sell you canned food heated up in a microwave for big money… or you could drive 5 hours back to Vegas…Go there to get scalped.
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Dubai. It’s the most soulless, cultureless, and artificial city I’ve been to. The shameless and obscene display of bling-bling only adds to this vibe, and the supertall skyscrapers and mega malls get old sooner or later. To top it off, all of this is built overnight on what is essentially slave labor.
[ATTACH=full]384823[/ATTACH]The Dead Sea. You’re in Israel. In the desert. It’s blazing hot, like 115°F. You think you’ll go take a dip in the Dead Sea to cool off, right? Wrong. First, you have to pay to go through a spa to use their towels, pools, etc. Then you take the wagon/shuttle that drives you from the spa down to the shore. The wagon/shuttle goes about 5 miles per hour in the scortching sun. No breeze. Next, you get to the shore of the Dead Sea. You the proceed to run over the sand that’s so hot you’re sure your feet will burn off. You tentatively step into the water…and it’s like the hottest bath you’ve ever taken in your life. The water is maybe 1° away from boiling. But you figure you’ve made it this far, might as well get the full experience. So you submerge. It’s a mistake. Every pore on your body is burning from the salt. If you have shaved any part of your body within the last three years, you will feel the salt seep into the little micro cuts and burn you from the inside out. You find cuts on your body you didn’t even know you had. Even your asshole is burning because you have pooped and wiped within the last week, so your skin is raw there. And the worst part is, when you decide you have had enough of this boiling body of water, you practically have to crawl out because you’re too bouyant to stand. And in the process of crawling out, you scrape your knees on the bottom where the salt rocks have crystalized which sets off a whole new round of pain. So now you’re hot, sticky from the salt, and every inch of your body burns.
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While the Louvre is wonderful, the Mona Lisa was a huge disappointment. The painting itself is tiny and there are always hordes of people around it. There are a million better things to see at the Louvre.
[ATTACH=full]384825[/ATTACH]The Liberty Bell. Wait in a long line to look at… a bell. That looks exactly like it does in all the Philly souvenirs. They don’t even let you lick it.
[ATTACH=full]384826[/ATTACH]The Leaning Tower of Pisa - five minutes, that photo, and you’re done.
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Romeo and Juliet’s balcony in Verona. Like, 10,000 people all crammed into this tiny alleyway just to see a balcony that I found out was built after the play was written.
I understand Romeo and Juliet is a work of fiction, but the story of the balcony is it inspired the play. I now know that isn’t true but as someone knowing very little about Shakespeare, I thought it was true when I went to the wonderful city of Verona.
[ATTACH=full]384828[/ATTACH]Roswell, New Mexico. You’d think it would be a hotspot for conventions and space geeks, but it was an incredibly tiny town with dozens of alien shops and barely any people. It was creepy as hell.
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Hitlers typewriter. It’s a typewriter, I’m not sure what I expected.
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The Little Mermaid (Copenhagen). Most tourists know that it’s just a small statue on a rock, yet still they come here and swarm around it like a flock of seagulls. I don’t understand why.
[ATTACH=full]384831[/ATTACH]Stonehenge. It’s a 2hr drive from London, and after you get there and get your picture, there’s really to much else.

mimi kama sufferer singeenda huku anyway, but thanks, now i know not to go

The most disgruntled self-absorbed tasteless least appreciative commentator of the century.

Who makes them the judge of what others should like or spend their money on?
For what I care, they should create their own tourist destination and see how many follow them there… :smiley:

Now You Know that :D:D:D good for you.

Hata if its warning others, they wont listen, wataenda hivo hivo.

[SIZE=6]what places do you suggest ?[/SIZE]

Hawaii for me.

i honestly do not understand the hype around monalisa.it is just… how do i describe it…eh …ah…a painting.

masai mara!

ka-painting kadogo making people cramming for it.

Travelling to go and stare at old buildings or sanamus does not appeal to me.

Hehe. The guy was really just humble-bragging kusema ukweli.

:D:D:D:D imagery ya dead sea hapo imenimaliza.

Maybe someone will enlighten me why my girl friend and her chama friends wanachanga kuenda Lagos, I googled na sioni any tourist attractions!

Important to remember that non kenyans make the most money from masai mara and many other main .ke tourist attractions.

Ati munajaribu kusema Leonardo Da Vinci alipaint picha ya upuss. Aaiii hapana wangwana ata kama ni madharau, msiwe ivyo.

Ashawo

The hype and vibe created.
Same thing as rubies, gems and diamonds. There are many people who argue there is nothing special about them just rocks but being associated with royalty, symbolism with regards to deep affection, celebrities etc drives the value up.
Another example is weddings. Why spend 1m or more or even 500k on something that can be done at the AG’s office then throw a 100k bash and save the rest. Someone else will find it more fulfilling or show of to girlfriends, prove a point somewhat and hence justify the expense.
In short kwako/ to some hizo place don’t make sense to visit but to others it was to die for

they’re going to sample famed naija dick and like the fool you are umekaa hapo unacheka

Nikiwa bado nilikuwa nasikia stories about giraffe centre na animal orphanage nikasema pia mimi nikipata ten Bob lazima niland coz hio time nilikuwa nachezea Uhuru park na Sabina Joy. When I got an opportunity, I was underwhelmed. My sojourn in Sabina Joy were far much more fun. Kwanza giraffe centre. Unaingia, unapark, unalipa unapewa some pellets, unaenda kulisha some bored giraffes end of story. Within ten minutes of landing already umeshaboeka.

…Traveling saa zingine can be disappointing. Unafika hio place umepangia mwaka mzima and ask yourself…So what?What next… unaboeka… unarudi kwa hoteli una login kenyatalk. Naonanga women are the ones who enjoy atapige selfie kama thao aanze kazi ya ku edit and posting.