AGeoJO wrote:
This young woman was jumping at one of the outlooks of Machu Picchu while somebody in her family was taking a picture and I happened to see that. She did it once before but apparently the image was not to her liking and she asked for that person to take another picture of her. Since I was there, I snapped a picture of her, too. The security guard came over to her and insisted in her deleting all of the pictures of her jumping. Obviously she was disappointed.... and yes, I figured out a way to send this image to her later on ....Show more →
The reasons they do that (as explained by the guide):
- they don’t want anyone to get hurt there (it creates a lot of trouble)
- they don’t want dislodged rocks and stuff
- they feel it’s disrespectful for the place
- they don’t want such images on instagram and facebook as it encourages the hordes to do the same
vdo1 wrote:
The reasons they do that (as explained by the guide):
- they don’t want anyone to get hurt there (it creates a lot of trouble)
- they don’t want dislodged rocks and stuff
- they feel it’s disrespectful for the place
- they don’t want such images on instagram and facebook as it encourages the hordes to do the same
Wow, Piteå. That is only about 80km north of where I grew up (Skellefteå). The camping in the middle of town used to be full of Norwegian people all summer and as a teenager I wondered why they would want to be there (it's not a particularly charming town). A few years ago I came across a man who said that he and his family go there every summer because it's the closest beech to where he lives in northern Norway, where the water is warm enough to swim in and the sun is out more often.
HelenaN wrote:
Wow, Piteå. That is only about 80km north of where I grew up (Skellefteå).
We had a tough fight with the Skellefteå boys! The football tournament in Piteå is very popular with the Tromsø teams, it is attracting lots of participating teams from northern Sweden, Finland, and Norway and even some exotic academy teams from Guatemala, Mongolia and other countries. And plenty of good fields with real grass!
HelenaN wrote:
The camping in the middle of town used to be full of Norwegian people all summer and as a teenager I wondered why they would want to be there (it's not a particularly charming town). A few years ago I came across a man who said that he and his family go there every summer because it's the closest beech to where he lives in northern Norway, where the water is warm enough to swim in and the sun is out more often.
That used to be the case. These days we are flying to the Mediterranean instead I guess.....
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