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[redred]

ok if you had to be a tour guide for another member of this forum ,what 2 sights of your city would you show them that makes your city famous and can be found in the guide books , and then where would you show them that maybe off the beaten track ??

from the guide books
http://i.imgur.com/IxmTE9g.jpg
clifton suspension bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Suspension_Bridge

http://i.imgur.com/K1ma1s9.jpg
ss great britain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Britain

my tour
http://i.imgur.com/82Mkx9d.jpg
tour through the history of Bristol's graffiti

http://i.imgur.com/ApTnK6n.jpg
the apple boat so you can taste some great cider till you fall over http://applecider.co.uk/

over to you

[Hugh_Janus]

I give you the home of the musher

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So many of the places I would take someone are outside of the Denver metro area, but if I had to pick 2 places in Denver metro, I think they would be:

http://i.imgur.com/jbwM6Po.jpg

Spend an afternoon hitting all the pubs in LoDo (lower downtown) and then take in a baseball game that evening


http://i.imgur.com/ScgSbVm.jpg

Then maybe a trip to the top of Lookout Mountain and see the city skyline and walk over to see the grave of Buffalo Bill. Then on the way back down maybe a trip to the Coors Brewery for the tour.

[Jezter]

In my little hometown there isn't so much... well, we've got a few famous Estates where some important shit happened and historical persons lived. Those maybe...and then plenty of nature. Hike trails, farm yards, lakes and rapids. That sort of stuff.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

My local town is just a suburb, but we could hit LA or San Diego

Check out the Hollywood sign, hike to it if so inclined

http://i.imgur.com/XqwHQ4u.jpg


Sunset strip, tons of awesome bar venues where so many big bands started out.

http://i.imgur.com/vWcf9lq.jpg

Whiskey A Go Go

http://i.imgur.com/32TP1XM.jpg

Rainbow room / The Roxy

http://i.imgur.com/53WsERL.jpg

[Hugh_Janus]

I could get you beaten up on wind street or the kingsway :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

In my town: Little odds and ends here and there, some minor locations of historical significance, but nothing too spectacular. You wouldn't be missing much if you drove past.

Mostly I'd tell people to go to Fernandina Beach or further south to Daytona, or three hours to Orlando to see Mickey... or up to Saint Simon's (or maybe not, despite it's attempts of being a touristy place, tourists aren't really welcome there by the locals) or Jekyll Island, or just head further north to Savannah or the Carolinas and forget about my place.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

...and forget about my place.

What are you trying to hide? :suspect:

[Noilly Pratt]

I'd take you out to our Pier where you can walk a mile and look out over the Pacific Ocean
http://i57.tinypic.com/2wbw0t1.jpg

Then dinner at the Boathouse if fish is your thing.
http://i60.tinypic.com/11lih7a.gif

If it's windy, you can bundle up and go fly a kite at Blackie's Spit (yeah, I know!) - about 15 minutes drive. There's always some wind off the ocean and a great view of the North Shore mountains. Fave family thing is to get Subway Sandwiches and watch the sun set from here:

http://i59.tinypic.com/33k50g0.jpg

[DemonGeminiX]

What are you trying to hide? :suspect:

Seriously, this is it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_C amden_County,_Georgia

Nothing really spectacular. Minor shit. There's really not much to do here.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Seriously, this is it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_C amden_County,_Georgia

Nothing really spectacular. Minor shit. There's really not much to do here.

:watching:

[DemonGeminiX]

You could go to Jacksonville. In certain areas, it'd be like you were in a FPS and out of ammo.

:lol:

[Hal-9000]

great thread idea Red :thumbsup:




Calgary, Alberta, Canada

First I would take someone to the top of the Calgary Tower. This is an old picture, we have quite a few more large buildings in our downtown area. There's a restaurant at the top that revolves slowly (unnoticeable), so you're facing the opposite direction an hour later. Rocky Mountains to the west, it is a beautiful view.




http://i61.tinypic.com/2nbhpfl.jpg

[Hal-9000]

Every summer Calgary hosts the Calgary Stampede. Largest outdoor rodeo on Earth. They set up a huge midway with all sorts of modern rides and games. We also have a building called the BIG-4 that showcases home & garden displays, cars, products. The Stampede lasts for 10 days and it's total drinking and debauchery throughout the city. Free pancake breakfasts on every corner, every mall, plus constant drinking.

The Midway is especially packed...you'd have to walk through it to understand how crowded it really is. Free concerts on the Midway as well :thumbsup:


http://i59.tinypic.com/23vessz.jpg


http://i60.tinypic.com/sec4lk.jpg

[Hal-9000]

The rodeo and grandstand show is the main attraction. Everything from bull riding to calf roping to chuckwagon races. Every night after the rodeo events they have a grandstand show featuring singers and dancers, then fireworks at 11 pm.


http://i59.tinypic.com/9s7wn7.jpg



Chuckwagons are small wagons pulled by 4 horses. 4 teams start the race with outriders, single people on horses. The outriders have to throw barrels into the back of the chucks, as the wagons do a circle 8 on the infield. Then they ride around the track once.


I've been on the infield to watch the races....these things really fly and it's quite the electric feeling when the chuckwagons roar past you on ground level. The ground literally shakes.

http://i58.tinypic.com/2ng962x.jpg


I hate all things Cowboy but would take a guest to experience some of these events. I've been to about 25 Calgary Stampedes, both midway attractions and grandstand events...I've seen enough :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Finally, I realize lots of you experience winter weather. Mild and not so mild....Our city has the reputation to change temperatures four times within one day, with swings of as much as 30 degrees either way.




Tomorrow it's going to be -44C, so I would take my guest for a walk to the store and back to experience true Canadian weather :thumbsup:



http://i58.tinypic.com/33my2bp.jpg

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I hate all things Cowboy but would take a guest to experience some of these events.

Man going to see pro bull riding is fucking awesome if you can get good seats.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ookbwoXAW40

[Hal-9000]

You could go to Jacksonville. In certain areas, it'd be like you were in a FPS and out of ammo.

:lol:


:lol:



I've always wondered and if it's too personal, let me know...didn't you used to live in Philadelphia at one point? What the hell would inspire you to move to Buttfuck, Georgia?

[Hal-9000]

Man going to see pro bull riding is fucking awesome if you can get good seats.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ookbwoXAW40

Supposedly the best in North America show up for our little shindig....I believe 100 grand is the main prize for rodeo events. They even have preschoolers doing 'Mutton Busting', where they have helmets on and ride sheep until they fall off :lol:

Of course the animal rights folks hate and picket every event...bull or horse riding, calf roping and the chuckwagon races. I'm not sure where I stand on the issue but do know that the rodeo animals are treated like gold in terms of feed and housing...better than most farms would treat them. And they don't end up as BBQ at the end of the year :lol:

[Hal-9000]

I want to visit LA for a lot of reasons...one would be to hike up to the Hollywood sign and stand behind it while looking down into the valley at night. Not sure why I need to satisfy that urge :-k

[DemonGeminiX]

:lol:

I've always wondered and if it's too personal, let me know...didn't you used to live in Philadelphia at one point? What the hell would inspire you to move to Buttfuck, Georgia?

I was born in Philly. When I was 3 or 4, my parents decided that the city was getting too dangerous to raise kids (keep in mind that this was in '79, so it's 50 times worse now), so they got a house in a west New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia and we lived there until I was 16. My Dad used to work for the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. When they started talking about closing the Shipyard, my Dad got a job down here at the Naval Base. Job security and stuff. I was too young to be able to say I didn't want to go but my sister and brother were both old enough to stay. I guess I just got used to living down here and the rose colored glasses of life up in that area of the Northeast came off. Everything changes when you're on the outside looking in and you see the truth of the situation.

Don't get me wrong, I will always love Philly, but I wouldn't go back there to live. I might find another place in Pennsylvania to go and live if I ever found that I had enough of where ever I am or end up being in the future. But right now, for the most part, I'm ok where I am.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Supposedly the best in North America show up for our little shindig....I believe 100 grand is the main prize for rodeo events. They even have preschoolers doing 'Mutton Busting', where they have helmets on and ride sheep until they fall off :lol:

Of course the animal rights folks hate and picket every event...bull or horse riding, calf roping and the chuckwagon races. I'm not sure where I stand on the issue but do know that the rodeo animals are treated like gold in terms of feed and housing...better than most farms would treat them. And they don't end up as BBQ at the end of the year :lol:

We used to rid sheep when we were kids, I did the practice bull that was a 55 gallon barrel strung up on for posts with ropes to springs, no way I would get on a live bull. But, I love watching those mofo's do it. I did break a nasty POA (http://www.poac.org/breed/index.htm) once, not very well, but fucker couldn't get me off :dance:

[Hal-9000]

I get fascinated hearing about and seeing certain cities. London, LA and New York are a few of these...it took me a long time to realize that New York is basically an island, something about that place makes me want to go there and see everything from Central Park to Harlem.

[Hal-9000]

I'd also like to visit Lance's town, because we share some similar geography.

We have a beautiful mountain range 45 minutes west of us and prairies and farmlands to the south and east of us. A lot of movie companies have filmed westerns close to our city.

I would take a guest to see the Rocky Mountains where I lived and worked for about a year. It's a little eerie...you drive for an hour west and all of a sudden you're in Mordor, absolutely surrounded by huge mountains :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

I get fascinated hearing about and seeing certain cities. London, LA and New York are a few of these...it took me a long time to realize that New York is basically an island, something about that place makes me want to go there and see everything from Central Park to Harlem.

What's crazy about NY City is that it's so small an area compared to the rest of the state. It's like a hang nail hanging on for dear life. If you went to mainland New York and visited here and there, you'd be absolutely floored. Night and day compared to NYC. Personally, I prefer the mainland because I like nature so much and it's absolutely beautiful in a lot of areas. I swear, if the gun laws weren't so restrictive and NY state taxes weren't shit, I'd be in Ithaca so quick, it'd make everybody's head spin.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

NYC is cool if you have a ton of money, there is nothing inexpensive out there. Even the basic chain restaurants are at 30% more just because they are in the city. I went to a nightclub when I was visiting one year, ordered a vodka redbull and it was something like $27 because I asked for grey goose :shock: I switched back to beer.

[DemonGeminiX]

I can't see how people live there. My sister used to work in the city, but she lived in North Jersey. She was making 6 figures up there but said it was just way too expensive to live there.

[Godfather]

Awesome! This is tough because you all are so different and live different things, but if I had to pick just two, here they are:


Grouse Mountain
http://i59.tinypic.com/e6roup.jpg

There are three mountains on the 'North Shore' of Vancouver (where I was born and raise), but Grouse is the best for tourists. Access is only by a 30 minute gondola. I worked up here for a few summers as a kid too. It has a world-class restaurant, bistro, coffee shops, great skiing, ice skating, endless hikes, some wolves and bears you can watch in their habitat, as well as other shows and things always going on. It's great all year too barbecue when skiing is done, the 'Grouse Grind' is a famous hike up the steep side of the mountain. The grind is pretty good for spotting celebs too (I've seen a few Canucks and Eliza Dushku personally)

My second choice is a bit less obvious, because there are far more 'touristy' sites (the Cap Suspension Bridge & Stanley Park are obvious), but this is a bit more of a hidden gem

Granville Island
http://i59.tinypic.com/jkblv4.jpg

Granville Island is right in the center of Vancouver, a short walk from Downtown. It's seen in the photo below as the island underneath the Burrard Street bridge in the fore-ground. It's a great walk there from the Seawall, and is full of dozens of various shops, fresh food, restaurants, coffee shops, a theater, and the Granville Island Brewery. I often walk or ride there on weekends my with girlfriend and pick up fresh fish, veggies, fresh-baked bagels. It's got a hugely diverse crowd of tourists, hippies, old-timers, young families. Just an eclectic place to poke around. Tons of nooks and crannies so I'll often stumble onto a new shop I haven't been into before.

[golfer]

I want to visit LA for a lot of reasons...one would be to hike up to the Hollywood sign and stand behind it while looking down into the valley at night. Not sure why I need to satisfy that urge :-k

just admit it you want to pee on the sign

[Hal-9000]

just admit it you want to pee on the sign


:oops:






pee from the sign