Clueless Guides

bijapuri · Mar 31st, 2004, 20:59

We've all run across them- gross errors in guidebooks; tourguides who couldn't find the TaJ if it had a bullseye on it; complete gibberish in a locally printed pamphlet about a site; knowitalls who have spent countless hours perfecting their misconceptions (wait, lemme check the mirror . . .)

One of my faves . . .
a LP TV episode that went to Madurai but barely MENTIONED the Meenakshi temple, instead whining that they couldn't get a hotel, and left the same evening as they arrived!!!

What's your tale?

rickshawwallah · Apr 2nd, 2004, 14:11

On my first trip to Gangotri, I hired a "high-altitude expert" guide to show me the way to Tapovan and Nandanvan so I could do some exploring in the area. Not only did he not know the way once we got past the well-trodden path to Gaumukh, but he also got altitude sickness, and I had to half-carry him down to Bhojbasa to recover.

Mar 31st, 2004, 20:59	#1
bijapuri laid traps for troubadours Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Priustan Posts: 2,598	Clueless Guides We've all run across them- gross errors in guidebooks; tourguides who couldn't find the TaJ if it had a bullseye on it; complete gibberish in a locally printed pamphlet about a site; knowitalls who have spent countless hours perfecting their misconceptions (wait, lemme check the mirror . . .) One of my faves . . . a LP TV episode that went to Madurai but barely MENTIONED the Meenakshi temple, instead whining that they couldn't get a hotel, and left the same evening as they arrived!!! What's your tale? __________________ Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. Barack Obama lookit me!!!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bijapuri/ Utube fuzzy logic: http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=bijapuri&p =r

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Apr 2nd, 2004, 14:11	#2
rickshawwallah I know cheap and best! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New York City, USA Posts: 204	On my first trip to Gangotri, I hired a "high-altitude expert" guide to show me the way to Tapovan and Nandanvan so I could do some exploring in the area. Not only did he not know the way once we got past the well-trodden path to Gaumukh, but he also got altitude sickness, and I had to half-carry him down to Bhojbasa to recover.

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