Do something weird when you travel
Posted by Harpa María Eiríksdóttir - 23/06/09 at 08:06:14 am
I have never been accused of being ordinary. I think about things that others don’t and while I travel to the main tourist attractions I try to find something weird to do as well. I decided to surf the Internet and see what kind of weird things you can do to spice up your vacation. Here is just a small part of what I found.
Instead of visiting Stonehenge in England how about experiencing the American version such as car-henge in Alliance, Nebraska made entirely out of cars, fridge-henge in Santa Fe, New Mexico a wonderful refrigerator display or foam-henge in Natural Bridge, Virginia.
If you’re tired of the same activities like looking at churches and cathedrals that all look alike, check out the cathedral in Zipaquira, 50 km north of Bogota that is made entirely of salt. I even found an alternative theme park, Love Land in Jeju, South Korea, the only sexual theme park where sexually oriented art and eroticism meet. Instead of going swimming in the sea or a pool how about swimming in a volcano full of mud in Columbia. You can even fire a rocket-launcher at a cow in Phnom Penh, Cambodia although I would never recommend it.
I am not a big sports fan but here are some sports I could cheer for. Check out Finland and cheer at the Wife-Carrying World Championship in Sonkajärvi July 3-4 2009. You can also catch the Mobile-phone throwing World Championship in Punkaharju August 22 2009 or the Sauna World Championship in Heinola August 7-8 2009.
When we travel we tend to eat what is familiar to us but I say lets eat the weirdest food we can find. In Asia you can eat Tarantulas at the Cambodian market town of Skuon, you can live on the edge and try the Fugu (Japanese puffer fish) a toxic fish that needs to be carefully prepared to remove potentially deadly internal organs as it has sent diners to the morgue.
The list is endless and although the main tourist attractions are a must see; don’t forget that there are often fun, weird alternatives that in the end become the most memorable.
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You can also just go to any market anywhere in Cambodia and get a delicious cricket or a cockroach or a tarantula. Or better yet, to live on the edge have some raw mushed pork in a plastic bag.
Comment by Erna — June 25, 2009 #
mmm sounds good
Comment by harpa — June 25, 2009 #
where could you find more information on the rocket-launching of cows?
Comment by Jann — September 17, 2009 #
If you google it (cow rocket launcher) you get a few pages to look at.
Comment by harpa — September 17, 2009 #