Comments about tourist

There are 100 comments about "tourist"

Tony (47): As a frequent worldwide traveller (what with being an airline pilot) it's definitely been my experience that in many Canadian cities (Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary) that the number of down-and-outs / bums / druggies / alcoholics......

in response to: Drugs, Drugs, Drugs by ksedge

Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

Peter: {citynoise}: where {american} {tourists} come to find cheap {prostitutes} in {montreal}... lol....

in response to: Red Light District by CE

chiamattt: Amsterdam eh? Perhaps a tourist from Mokpo was hittin the brownies a little hard before starting to write his/her comment? ...

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Peter: thanks you guys... i had a great time down there, so its been nice to share these shots. i took so many photos in there, so it was hard deciding which to post here... im......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Jamie: It seems inevitable really, which is why I'm surprised by the introduction of the abovepictured booths. I really don't remember the last time i saw someone use a payphone.. and you never see those "British"......

in response to: Chungmuro and Euljiro by chiamattt

former Hutch resident: I moved from Hutch about 25 years ago. I was born & rised there. Couldn't wait to get out. I lost both my parents 4 years ago & want to come 700 miles to decorate......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

A Proud Montrealer : Thanks Assholes for giving our city another kick in the crotch. We want to attract tourist to our fine city., but they won't come if they have to put up with Bullshit like this. I was at......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: As far as the urban legend aspect of things goes, how could we get a website like [[http://www.snopes.com]] to have a look at it, and see what they dig up? I am really curious about......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Born and Raised in NYC: Alright Evil I was a little harsh .... the Americans pretending to be Canadian story gets under my skin ... again I've never hear a serious case of an American pretending to be Canadian (people......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Rob: 'Have to say, it's been a fascinating experience reading all of these posts and comments. I vistied Bushwick this afternoon as a tourist and while there's only so much ground you can cover in that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Elicar: A Yugoslavian tourist living in the Netherlands asked me to take his picture. Poor guy. His nose was running because of the cold. He said he was coming back in September to see Toronto in......

in response to: A Frozen Lake by Elicar

noname: Hunter, First off I am self employed. I have not needed to explore other towns. My complaint comes from the lack of people with money in this town. Thank God for the internet... I do......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

noname: Re: Former Hutchinsonite. I have to agree. Seems odd to has some asshole in California commenting about a town that he does not inhabit. Hutchinson is truly the worst of the worst. These statistic that......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Saks: Yes, I agree. And the 'fabelas,' denominated by Walkwhere so eloquently as slums Brazil, have are a completely different concept. Oh yes, and trust me, fabelas are not intended in any way to be pretty......

in response to: The Living Mosaic by serlingrod

serlingrod: interesting interpretation... the thing is, tourists would never set foot in this part of town. we're talking miles from the Liberty Bell. this is a community-driven effort. I agree that it's low cost band-aid to......

in response to: The Living Mosaic by serlingrod

walkhere: this all kinda creeps me out.. just reminds me of that simpsons episode when they're in brazil and someone explains to the simpsons that the slum-houses are all painted bright, happy colours just to make......

in response to: The Living Mosaic by serlingrod

Allen T: I visited New York and found this Pier by accident. What a pity that NYC haven't recognised what a tourist attraction this could be by saving it from just rusting away and turning the entrance......

in response to: Cunard White Star Lines by Peter

Peter: im wondering where, exactly, theyre supposed to "go home" to... anglo-ville? or are they referring to tourists or something?...

in response to: Anglos Go Home by CE

K King: Why do you take on such a smug attitude? And not include the CN tower as well, which obviously crushes the Space Needle? It is probably Canada's biggest tourist attraction in terms of attendance. Don't......

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

anon (bas4-montreal02-1096736209.dsl.bell.ca): Number 39 made me laugh, it's so true. I've been asked by tourists where to get good poutine lol...

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??: Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring festival in February 2007. But officials said the kite-makers......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

nothing to gain: Norman is a sanctuary for Oklahoma City. So, by comparison with mundane OKC, it seems nice. Oklahoma is caught between progressive West, and agressive Texas. If you try to talk the talk,......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Ilona: Jack, Thank you. This picture was taking in parisian market. The guy was absolutely amazing and he was smoking himself a little dooby. I just thought "He probably knows what matters in life". I tried to avoid......

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

EvilGentleman: Georges, The predominant prejudice in Montreal is still language. As an English-speaker, I seldom notice anti-Americanism among the French Quebecers. This may be due in part to my not being to understand most of what......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

elif: can I steal these?? having lived in paris for a lil, I'm so sick of all the cliche photos of tourist Paris, but these are fresh and fun. not to mention, the Pompidou......

in response to: La Panoramas De Paris by indykid

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

susannah: Thanks so much for these photos and commentary- they brings home the reality of the situation. I'm sorry about the tourists- that is pretty upsetting. I couldn't bear to go to ground zero after 9/11......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 2 - Life in the Exclusion Zone by Tyfoid Kid

serlingrod: those two young female "disaster tourists" don't quite sit well with me........

in response to: Bridge Collapse 2 - Life in the Exclusion Zone by Tyfoid Kid

jack: at one time randalls was an adventurous place, dumps, weird people, but in the 70's they built apartments and a tram and now it's respectable. don't be afraid of times square, i worked at......

in response to: Times Square by Cinic

serlingrod: this is actually a fairly unique shot of times square. most of those touristy shots are in-your-face, straight-up into the jumbotrons and scrolling marquees. I know you probably sat the camera down to steady the......

in response to: Times Square by Cinic

Liz: I do belive a few locals looked at me with vague ridicule as I took photos of this intricate art yesterday while being remarkably touristy in London. I intend to show my art teacher when......

in response to: Ben\'s Chewing Gum Art by Jamie

shankill: Wouldnt live anywere else!! thers great shops and cafes and the people are the most friendly by far. tourists walk freely all over the shankill and along the peace walls, signing their names and leaving messages......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

PhillyGuy83: People exaggerate so much about New York that its sickening. If you are from a picket fenced suburb and want to know if you'll be safe in some inner city neighborhood then more than likely......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Tehoke: This picture seems to be taken about 5 blocks west of The Sun Life building, from an upper floor of what is now the Quality Inn on Crescent Street or More likely the building that......

in response to: Montreal Circa 1979 by CE

indykid: Thanks for compliments and for the lesson in art/design! I'm on my way to Wikipedia now and will hopefully soon be all knowledged up on Art Nouveau! :-) I also love the posts avoiding the tourist......

in response to: Paris Arches by indykid

CE: Not to be picky but the Metro entrance is actually in the art nouveau style, designed by Hector Guimard. Paris has dozens of them, many of them much more elaborate than this one. ......

in response to: Paris Arches by indykid

EvilGentleman: Nah, I'm just a guy who likes to take lots of pictures and post them on the internet, sharing the world I see with others, using my preference for a comprehensive photojournalistic presentation style. I......

in response to: Sexe Cite by EvilGentleman

Jamie: heh, coud you possibly ##get## any more tourist. nice....

in response to: London - Fall by Lea

EvilGentleman: I want to try your technique, but your camera is an SLR, and mine is a point-and-shoot with a retractable lens, so if the lens is out, people know my camera is on. I will......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

Halley: hummm from hippo and deer of the past, to god's house returning to the land, to a wonderful street scene. fantastic work......Do they get many tourist to come to there town, and if so is......

in response to: Bones and Buildings by Guy McLaren

Carioca: The first one: "right outside the nice touristy restaurant" ...nice touristy restaurant ???!!! In what part of Rio? Favela, maybe. Why does every tourist is so fascinated by Favelas ??...

in response to: Rio De Janeiro by adam

grange: I almost got arrested in cuba for taking a picture of a T-72 tank being moved on a flatbed truck. Good thing I was wearing my best tourist " flamingo "shirt . Must have scrared......

in response to: Police State Coming to a Country Near You Soon by elaine

Sirhcbre: I think 36 applies just about everywhere. I hate when the tourists ask where the touristy stuff is but I guess to most of them, it's something exotic since many of them are Americans up here......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: 39 - Tourists usually ask for directions to the strip bars and trendy nightclubs, **not** "boring" world-famous stuff like Old Montreal, the Plateau Mont-Royal, The Forum, Mount Royal and our smoked-meat delicatessens....

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: That is insane. Can you imagine tourists getting arrested for taking pictures of Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, or the London Eye? Bad enough the cops in Connecticut will confiscate pictures taken of them while on......

in response to: Police State Coming to a Country Near You Soon by elaine

Scott: Hey one more thing my old house is 2114 E Clearfield St Phila Pa 19134 if you could post some pics of that area that would be a wild site also Lee and Inidana is......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Peter: who isnt impatient towards canal street traffic? heh. i always walk in the road down there cause the sidewalks are too thick with slow-moving tourists looking for fake rolexes....

in response to: Jesus Saves, Again by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Much like typhoid, I am always here. I have yet to see the Gerkin with my own eyes, but I'm really hoping to get to the UK this spring. It's been so long that I really......

in response to: Gherkin Sneaks Up on You by elaine

Joseph Carvajal, Brevard, North Carolina, USA: It is absolutely fantastic that this one man, working alone, could have built this great edifice over a period of time. Now that he is 81 years old and slowing down a little, others......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Mark (Yorkshire): Good pics ,Brought back some good memories.Its good to see normal life pics rather than just tourist pics . I also married a Brasilian Babe 9 years ago ,they can be a little firey at......

in response to: Rio De Janeiro by adam

jof: EvilGentleman - I admire your suggestion of compromise. I don't think Greeks or Slavic Macedonians are so much connected to the ancient Macedonians that it warrants such a dispute. What threat is there in a......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

aer suzuki: yeah, although you really only see them on capitol hill, which is just a neighborhood within seattle proper. i wish there were more in my area, but i think they get cleaned up around here.......

in response to: The Other Side of Stop - Part 2 by aer suzuki

colin: As a tourists, my friends and I stayed at that hotel (Manhattan Broadway) in the top picture. Certainly an authentic experience, plus it fit into our budget nicely. ...

in response to: Up 8th Ave by jeeff

greek: there isn't macedonia as a country. it's name is f.y.r.o.m.. almost whole greece's north area is called macedonia and now f.y.r.o.m.'s guys want to take the name. that's why we argue. they want it because......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

aer: when i first moved here i disliked the space needle. then i realized it was a good navigational tool and after i started telling tourists that george jetson lived in the space needle i began......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Dan: Well! When you were young did you dream of growing up to be a building inspector? A tax inspector? Something along those lines. People with an attitude like yours are the death of individualism and......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

David: Asheville is neat, but you've got to know where to look. For the most part its retired, croc wearing bourgeois wads and tourists. ...

in response to: Asheville Alleys by ea

Susannah: When I lived in NY as a kid I remember shootings, stabbings, razor bladings, and all out smack downs in our schools, one kid was actually blinded with battery acid by some guy - of......

in response to: Dawson CGEP Shooting by CE

Jan T: Well, it's expensive for tourists in Oslo, but for someone living in Oslo it's not more expensive than for a Londoner to live in London or a parisien to live in Paris. And it depends......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

EvilGentleman: I remember Wilmot pretty fondly from my teen years. Lemme think now. Rick and his brother Ron, Cynthia (now Rick's wife), her best friend Jocelyn, Peter, who was the kid who always threw wild parties......

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

David: I always make sure to show visitors the Gehry building. It may not be as prominant as Chicago's, but the museums and the garden are a pretty big tourist draw. There aren't......

in response to: CWRU Bldg by joey

aer suzuki: for the time of year it depends on what kind of weather you like. if you like having a huge grey smear hanging above your head for a sky (which i do, mostly, perversely) and......

in response to: Japanese Garden by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: The art, if authentic, should be supported by buying it. I personally feel the best way to buy native art is to go to an Indian reservation and buy it directly from the artist, wherever......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

Chris Erb: They look similar but I don't think they're the same city. I didn't know about the earthquakes in those cities. How often to earthquakes occur in Montreal? How bad are they usually? This is what......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

zagg: I have never read the book (but now I'm interested) and only have romantic joyous views of Chicago (aka tourist) but I love how all the comments in this is so obviously from people who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Chris Erb: What were you searching for that brought you to Citynoise? It's really neat to see someone else from Fredericton posting here. i'm excited. it's too bad I'm leaving soon. New Brunswick has long......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

aer suzuki: Wasn't sure what that silver thing was when I posted, but just did a quick search and found these links: http://www.vancouverplus.ca/alcan_omnimax_theatre/398855 http://www.vancouverinfocenter.com/merchant2.php/list2/250/Alcan+Omnimax+Theatre As for the wires, my guess is they're for electric busses. They had trolleys up there......

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

zagg: t@ngent: aparently Macedonia is very popular with the German tourists (I'm Canadian though). Whenever we watched TV in Macedonia and Greece I was constantly seeing advertisements for Croatia ... its like "hmm, well,......

in response to: In Steep Cliffs with Rocks All Piled Up Mysteries of Your Passing Luck by zagg

t@ngent: apaarently it'st the hot new tourist destination. bosnia, croatia, macedonia. bulgaria is also very cheap and it's supposed to be very nice. i guess it's a break form the traditional mediteraenean tourist destinations. i'm currently......

in response to: In Steep Cliffs with Rocks All Piled Up Mysteries of Your Passing Luck by zagg

davie: visited the shankill many times during the marching season and outwith it met a lot of nice people and as far as the tourist route is concerned you havent visited belfast until you ve been......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Tyfoid Kid: Speaking to the tourists just don't know comment. This lava rock outcropping on Lumahi Beach in Kuaui looks innocent enough. It's killed several people and when we were there last fall there was memorial to the......

in response to: Down Home Charm by Michelle

EvilGentleman: First and foremost, **never, ever** walk out to the water on the tidal flats. Those mud flats can sometimes extend for miles into the bay, and the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy has......

in response to: Down Home Charm by Michelle

Chris Erb: That's definitely what the city is trying to do, they're "cleaning up" the city of anyone who might offend tourists in any way. My friend who was at the protest put it best; "The Fredericton police......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

EvilGentleman: Oddly enough, I quite often find protests an interesting thing to see when I am visiting new places. The protesters and the police can often provide a much more complete picture of the way the......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Chris Erb: Brilliantly written EvilGentleman. You couldn't have put it any better. We were all able to keep our pictures. None of these are actually mine as my camera was on the wrong setting and didn't......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Chris Erb: Sussex is a weird place. I could tell you a story about every one of those buildings. Ironically enough, one of the buildings on fire in this picture actually did burn to the......

in response to: Sussex by CE

EvilGentleman: 23 - Being able to play tourist at home and actually experience new things 24 - Being able to go ##octopussing## [[http://evilgentleman.livejournal.com/]]...

in response to: Things I Love About... Living in the City by EvilGentleman

Chris Erb: They took the trans Canada away from Sussex quite a few years ago now. I was probably 12 or so, so I don't really remember what it was like. Apparently there was a......

in response to: Fredericton Skyscrapers by CE

EvilGentleman: Thanks, GGP. I suspect almost all of us that post here have a number of these sort of shots lurking on our hard drives, just waiting to be rediscovered. Just look what Elicar found in......

in response to: Photographs of Photographers by EvilGentleman

Oscar: "Never, ever, ever get close to bear cubs." You see it written everywhere, on NP maps, on tourist guides, on TV shows... yet some people actually went under the tree, as you say to take......

in response to: Bear Cub in Tree by EvilGentleman

Bullish on Toronto!: Geeze! I'm not local, and I know that one. Hello. It is pretty old hip hop culture that seems to be spreading to the mainstream. T-dot, O-dot (TO). Rockin' the t-dot, etc,......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

spygirl_t: Who knows who thought up, I believe it's being used a to market to tourists... but I don't know anyone here, who actually says t-dot. ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Tyfoid Kid: The From Here to Eternity beach is on Oahu. I was only on Oahu long enough to go from one plane to another. I did get married on the beach where they filmed......

in response to: Meditation Location by Tyfoid Kid

jeeff: very informative article, tho i think your enthusiasm for the space needle definitely clouds your objectivity a bit. a couple things: 1) the space needle itself was inspired by the stuttgart tv tower in germany,......

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

Arun Singh Dicky from India: Ive not been to yongon but seen a lot of pictures and am sure its going to be on world TOURISM very soon.Its really beautiful with very nice people.It has to be brought to a......

in response to: Rangoon by ian

Peter: i also like that first one of the met's glass curtain-wall. i didnt see you take that one yesterday... infallibly, every summer, while their wives peruse the art, dirty old european tourists gather on the other......

in response to: Central Park, Early Spring by Peter

stinkyben: You should have visited a different part of the wall besides Badaling. There are some great stretches where you'll see perhaps one or two other tourists on a 20 mile hike....

in response to: Beijing & The Great Wall of China by Czizou

EvilGentleman: Sometimes I see tourist documentaries about Montreal, and I see a bunch of things I never knew existed! Funny how things can become invisible when you pass them every day....

in response to: NYC Rapid Fire by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It's fun living in New York and also being a tourist guide. It gives you a whole new perspective on this fabulous place....

in response to: NYC Rapid Fire by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Elicar: You maybe surprised Evil, that most of the people there are more conversant in English than Tagalog. There are 120 languages and dialects in the Philippines. Although Tagalog is the official language, I believe, the......

in response to: And This One Is for Elaine by Elicar

jeeff: i worked for the cn tower when i first moved to toronto. we had to learn facts about the various buildings downtown so we could tell stories to the tourists. i'm not sure......

in response to: Afternoon Reflection by Elicar

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The locals piss on it. And then sell tourist t-shirts and cut glass. ...

in response to: What on Earth Is That Man Doing!!?? by SSRS

EvilGentleman: I remember being shot at when I was stopped at a red light in Cabrini Green back in 1990. Thankfully, they missed. Actually, I have no idea if I was the actual target or not,......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Wow! You survived an Irish Bar while wearing the Union Jack? They musta thought either A: This woman is just another typical American tourist who failed geography class (Note to USA: I know that this......

in response to: Cat\'s Brave Battle with the Snow. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: adam, there are three ways to get to Kangirsujuaq, but only two of them are realistic. The primary mode of transportation into town is by airline. The only airline that goes there on a scheduled......

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

sine: definitely art. touristy does not cancel artistic value. for example, walt disney world is FULL of amazing art. especially the mary blair murals. [[img:8496]] ...

in response to: The Eye by Steelisreal

grange: there all over the place up here in Owen Sound .. We had to put them up as all the tourists were digging up our yards for dem delicious dew worms BBQ. Now if we......

in response to: Live Bait Vending Machine by Gregory St.Pierre

Elicar: I played tourist guide to my cousin who recently arrived here in Toronto in October 2005. [[img:8394]] ...

in response to: Vegas Views by johnny E