Stupid TouristsWhat's the stupidest thing you've ever heard a tourist say? Ever heard an American talking about visiting "Scotchland, England", or (and this one is actually real) a Japanese couple talking about the correct way to say Clapham is actually Clatham, as "ph" sounds are pronounced "th". Which has a certain logic really. UPDATE: Please, no more Loogabarooga stories. It's getting like, "and I opened my eyes and my mum had left me a cup of tea!"
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chthonic, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:31)
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Guest Of The Red ArmyVisiting China with g/f about 10 years ago we pitched up in a strange town and looked for accomodation. Neither of us spoke any Chinese. Found this OK looking place, obviously a hotel or hostel, no signs in English, did the usual stupid tourist thing of miming going to sleep and waving dollars (btw I have yet to find anywhere the Mighty Greenback isn't accepted) at the receptionist. Cue much shaking of head and unintelligible explanations in Chinese. Anyway after about ten minutes he gave in, took some money and gave us a key.
The room was basic but clean, the price reasonable and we were reasonably happy. Leaving the establishment the next morning it became very obvious in the light of day that we had spent the night in a hotel owned by the Red Army (which has many commercial interests) and not meant for tourists, even stupid ones like us. God knows how much we paid over the odds, but I hope the receptionist trousered something worth his while...
Later that holiday I got to fire a Red Army machine gun (more dollar bills speaking the universal language of dosh). Great fun.
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electric_goat, Sat 9 Jul 2005, 16:17,
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