Most under/over whelming touristy thing you have seen ?

[screenman]

Ok, see you nice folks in loughborough.

I am in Oakham, well in a small village outside of Oakham.

 

[screenman]

Skegness, mind you it was the wind that blew me away.

 

[Tim Hall]

First sight of the turbine hall at Tate Modern is pretty awesome.

Oh yes. I first saw it when Olafur Eliasson's Weather Project was there. Breathtaking.

 

[stephec]

This is the picture that most fascinated me on my first visit to the Louvre.

Spoiler: Very NSFW

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I'm glad you put this in a spoiler, I'd have felt a right tit looking at it at work.

 

[TVC]

Standing on top of Sydney Harbour Bridge was every bit as thrilling as I hoped it would be, being up the Eiffel Tower was not.

 

[Beebo]

Yep, totally agree. We spent one night on the north rim and then a 200 mile drive to the south rim which I thought was a bit better.
What I did find overwhelming was Bryce Canyon. When I got off the bus I just stood there gobsmacked.

I think a lot of the problem is people rushing these things on fixed travel agent timetables. We drove ourselves round the USA with no fixed itinerary so could stop and stay where we liked.

We stayed in a cabin on the edge of the grand canyon for a night and hiked right down into it. It was an amazing place, but i agree that Bryce canyon is smaller but better. We stayed in a hotel just outside and went hiking for hours, and saw no one else for ages.

Another great place was our cabin in Yosemite.. We stayed two nights because the place was amazing.

 

[Adam4868]

I did a lot of traveling in my "youth" (lucky twat !) A couple of places stick with me,which i would like to return Ankor Wat and the Indian city of Varanassi.

 

[TVC]

I did a lot of traveling in my "youth" (lucky twat !) A couple of places stick with me,which i would like to return Ankor Wat and the Indian city of Varanassi.

Are you sure about Ankor Wat? Any filming that is done these days has to be completed at dawn, because soon after it looks like this.

A place that underwhelmed me was Phi Phi Island, overcrowded, ankle deep in cigarette butts and a sewerage system that clearly wasn't coping.

 

[Adam4868]

Are you sure about Ankor Wat? Any filming that is done these days has to be completed at dawn, because soon after it looks like this.

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A place that underwhelmed me was Phi Phi Island, overcrowded, ankle deep in cigarette butts and a sewerage system that clearly wasn't coping.

Maybe its better to remember as it was then,went in my early 20s and im hitting 50 next year !! Phi phi was finished once Scaramanga took residence there !
At least theres no chance of Varanasi changing....

 

[TVC]

Maybe its better to remember as it was then,went in my early 20s and im hitting 50 next year !! Phi phi was finished once Scaramanga took residence there !
At least theres no chance of Varanasi changing....

I would love to see Ankor Wat, but it may be too late.

Yes I am aware of the basic flaw in saying I want to be a tourist, but I won't go because of the tourists

 

[Adam4868]

Some of the Terracotta Army are coming to Liverpool Museum next year

The Terracotta Army were more like a theme park to me,you could buy lifesize replica ones outside ! There again i remember being so hungover in Xian when catching a bus too see them !

 

[NorthernDave]

Overwhelming:

Chichén Itzá in the Yucatan, Mexico. The Temple of Kukulcan aka El Castillo (or the huge pyramid at the heart of the site) was something else, and we were lucky enough to visit shortly before tourists were banned from climbing it.
But what impressed me most were the Temple of the Warriors and the Wall of the Skulls. Stunning, but macabre.

 

[Beebo]

Overwhelming:

Chichén Itzá in the Yucatan, Mexico. The Temple of Kukulcan aka El Castillo (or the huge pyramid at the heart of the site) was something else, and we were lucky enough to visit shortly before tourists were banned from climbing it.
But what impressed me most were the Temple of the Warriors and the Wall of the Skulls. Stunning, but macabre.

Me too. I got vertigo on the way back down.
The senote was amazing as well. Still wish I had my swimming shorts as I just wanted to dive in.

 

[AndyRM]

Walking into Fingals Cave was pretty overwhelming, the sound is absolutely incredible.

 

[Beebo]

I have been to Niagra falls twice.
Wasn’t that impressed on either occasion.
Conversely I went on a raft trip in the middle of nowhere in Quebec and was blown away by the place.