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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Most disappointing places you have visited - that you've always wanted to see
« on: March 12, 2009, 10:07:23 AM »
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5892498.ece
A man has survived a plunge of 180ft (55m) over the Niagara Falls, becoming only the second person in more than 100 years to go over the falls with no protective device and live

I visited Niagara many years ago now and was left feeling quite disappointed ( hence the mysterious title of the thread  lol: ) by the reality of it all.
I obviously had my preconceptions from what I had seen in the films etc and perhaps my own idealistic and romantic connotations of it all which had set up an expectation, sadly unrealised.

I thought it would be much more impressive somehow and it had always been a real desire of mine to visit. Whilst not a waste of a day , I did enjoy elements of it, I wouldn't go again and I wouldn't particularly recommend it to others.

Has anyone else felt that way about places they have visited (brothels excluded naturally  lol: )



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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 10:25:18 AM »
Lagos...  sick2:
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 10:26:05 AM »
For why ???
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 10:28:03 AM »
Dead bodies in the street, thieves on every corner, the heat, the humidity, the impossibility of finding a plate to eat from that didn't have a festering crack in it... getting stranded at Lagos airport and sleeping in the lounge for 24 hours under constant fear of being mugged/raped....

Apart from that it was quite nice tho...  rubschin:
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 10:30:57 AM »
The Sphynx. For some reason I thought it was going to be about twice as big as it actually is.
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 10:33:35 AM »
Quote from: Pastis on March 12, 2009, 10:30:57 AM
The Sphynx. For some reason I thought it was going to be about twice as big as it actually is.
You prolly got your metrics and imperials mixed-up like...  whistle:
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2009, 10:35:05 AM »
Using the wrong end of the binoculars  whistle:
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2009, 10:36:07 AM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on March 12, 2009, 10:35:05 AM
Using the wrong end of the binoculars  whistle:
Or perhaps there was an incredibly tall bloke standing next to it...?  rubschin:
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2009, 10:37:46 AM »
Aahhhhh the Ancient Egyptian Art of Perspective  8)
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2009, 10:44:07 AM »
 doh:

I'm trying to find a pic, like   angry041:

You little liar ....  lol:




Perhaps it's because it's sunk in the sand  rubschin:
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« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2009, 10:51:34 AM »
Quote from: Pastis on March 12, 2009, 10:44:07 AM
doh:

I'm trying to find a pic, like   angry041:
Thanks for PMing that too me...

You're right, you are taller than the thing...

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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2009, 10:54:00 AM »
He wore those sandals last week too  noooo:
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2009, 10:55:19 AM »
Noooooooooooo..... my pic, not some intermong googled thing  doh:
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Re: Most disappointing places you have visited
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2009, 10:56:09 AM »
Buckler's Hard
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« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2009, 10:56:26 AM »
Quote from: Pastis on March 12, 2009, 10:44:07 AM

Perhaps it's because it's sunk in the sand  rubschin:


AAhhh thats another insurance claim entirely  for subsandence . I apologise in advance  lol:


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