la petite mort ([info]paint_by_number) wrote in [info]blackcigarette,
@ 2007-12-16 22:23:00
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the road less travelled
usually when people go travelling, their itineraries consist of only the big sights - the tour d'eiffel, leaning tower of pisa, big ben, the parthenon, the great wall...

but what about the places that people opt to miss out on in favor of the bigger tourist attractions? which out of the way countries, places, and sights have you seen? where would you go?


neuschwanstein's castle, fussen, germany (ingirogiro)








guilin, china. (hl-wang)







the blue lagoon. reykjavik, iceland. (sgoralnick)




the blue lagoon. reykjavik, iceland. (squeakywheel)






a maiko geisha. gion, kyoto, japan. (squeakywheel)






chefchaouen, morocco. (matilde)



chefchaouen, morocco. (silviaantunes)






the old section, sham shui po. hong kong. (boxster)






aurora borealis. Þingvellir, iceland. (axsig)






cristo redentor. rio de janeiro, brazil. (leonardomartins)






maldives. (ahmedzahid)






a lagoon off the kapawi river. southern ecuador. (stewf)






jewish quarter. jerusalem, israel. (nylocations)






"the sculptured house" by charles deaton. denver, colorado. (stewf)






"fallingwater" by frank lloyd wright. pennsylvania. (stewf)






red flute cave. guilin, china. (souer99)






angkor wat. cambodia. (jadeb)






crater lake, oregon. (leviathor)






eltz castle. germany. (frizztext)






moraine lake. canada. (mattchamplin)






red square. moscow, russia. (nicointhebus)






okinawa churami aquarium. okinawa, japan. (anzyaprico)






inside a mosque. istanbul, turkey. (neesam)






tunis, tunisia. (matilde)






cenote x'keken, mexico. (aleksu)






chichén itzá, mexico. (aleksu)






mosque of cordoba, spain. (andrewmalick)






riomaggiore, the french riviera. (h2okatcher)








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[info]revbenet
2007-12-17 04:11 pm UTC (link)
What an amazing post, I simply love these photos!
Now I really want to go to Morocco...
And I want to live in one of those German castles, haha. X)

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[info]fashionmaverick
2007-12-17 04:17 pm UTC (link)
omgsh those pictures are amazing. did you take these?
i havent been traveling in a year its making me all anxious!!

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[info]paint_by_number
2007-12-17 10:52 pm UTC (link)
i wish, but they are actually from flickr. the links under the picture will take you to the page of the photographer.

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[info]bitterstar_x
2007-12-17 04:20 pm UTC (link)
Great post, all of these photos are fantastic!
My list of 'places i need to go to' has just expanded massively.

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[info]reviendrai
2007-12-17 04:26 pm UTC (link)
people don't only go to the big sights! there are hundreds of places in the world i'd like to see and most of them aren't big cities or tourist spots, and i think that's true for most people i know. on the other hand, i've been to the cristo redentor, fallingwater, crater lake, and riomaggiore, and i wouldn't really consider them out of the way, but they were absolutely incredible none the less. i can't even tell you how inspiring these pictures are to me, thanks for finding all of them.

i think my favorite places to visit that aren't hugely popular are the redwood forests in northern california. the avenue of the giants in humboldt redwoods state park and jedediah smith state park especially. the more remote parts of northern california like humboldt county, mendocino county, and trinity county are all really beautiful and i feel lucky that i get to go there so often.

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[info]rumandcokes
2007-12-17 09:15 pm UTC (link)
Growing up in Northern California made me kind of unimpressed by the redwood forests but now I have this urge to go back! My family rented a vacation house a few times in the spring up in Mendocino county and it was lovely but I was too young to really appreciate it. I was more concerned with how winding the road was heading up there and how carsick I got! But now I want to go back, so I'll probably head back up and visit Crater Lake as well; it looks beautiful.

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[info]sandypandycandy
2007-12-17 04:38 pm UTC (link)
this post is fantastic!

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[info]sjennez
2007-12-17 04:44 pm UTC (link)
Okay, usually when I travel I do go to the touristic things. I mean, there's a reason those things are popular.

But I can recommend some places I've been that are less traveled.

Instead of Venice go to Burano


And when people travel South or Central America they usually skip Panama, while it's scuh a great country and: not yet discovered by tourists! So you get to have devine beaches all for yourself:

Me at Bluff Beach in Bocas del Toro, Panamá


Casco Viejo, Panamá

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[info]sjennez
2007-12-17 04:46 pm UTC (link)
Oops that is not Casco Viejo, but Panama City sorry!

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(no subject) - [info]paint_by_number, 2007-12-17 10:56 pm UTC

[info]adagioxbreezes
2007-12-17 04:48 pm UTC (link)
Probably the prettiest country I've visited has been Belgium. I love the people there and the architecture, and the FOOD! My favorite place I visited there was an old monastery in Brussels thats now defunct. There were amazing archways and cobblestone walkways. And the trees form a canopy. Go in July!

Another favorite spot of mine is Germany. I've visited mostly the South Western part of the country (Rheinland-Phalz, Saarland, and Baden-Wurttemburg). A few really great places to visit are Idar-Oberstein, Trier (The Basilica, The Roman baths, the "Gate" ), Mainz (for the shopping), Heidelberg (the hidden chapel in the castle is unbelievable), and my "second home" Neustadt-an-der-Weinstrasse (the absolute best red wines I've tasted. Yeah, I said it. Their red wine is better than any in France. Suck it).

I'm at work, otherwise I'd post pictures of the places I've visited. If anyone else has been to these places in Germany, lets swap stories. I miss it there so much.

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[info]23brokenbubbles
2007-12-17 07:42 pm UTC (link)
hehe I'm surprised ppl always like Belgium so much.
I live here... it's so boring for me. eeeek.

Same for Germany, so boring for me ^^

but hey I totally accept that you like those countries!!
cool cool

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(no subject) - [info]herslashme, 2007-12-18 08:36 am UTC

[info]indeadofwinter
2007-12-17 04:51 pm UTC (link)
This is one of the most amazing posts I have seen.
Wow.

Thank you.

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[info]zainylove
2007-12-17 04:56 pm UTC (link)
Amazing post! Cambodia looks amazing!

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homage to spain?
[info]neggo
2007-12-17 04:56 pm UTC (link)
i actually was at that very mosque in cordoba, spain last week! it's breathtaking, and is actually used as a catholic church now, as most old spanish mosques were converted to churches after the end of arabic rule in spain.

also incredible was the tiny town of ronda, spain. hemingway used to chill here all the time:


and the alhambra palace in granada (also a product of islamic rule in spain):



and even though i am partial because i live there, every winding, twisted alleyway in barcelona's barri gotic:




oops, i got kind of carried away :/

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Re: homage to spain?
[info]paint_by_number
2007-12-17 11:02 pm UTC (link)
beautiful pictures! i loved barcelona, it probably helped that i stayed with someone who lived there and knew all the places to take me to.

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Re: homage to spain? - [info]waltz_no_2, 2007-12-18 01:39 pm UTC
Re: homage to spain? - [info]physicalll, 2007-12-20 01:45 am UTC

[info]dayold_hate
2007-12-17 05:11 pm UTC (link)
I love this post, all those pictures WOWED me.

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[info]pillhead_virgin
2007-12-17 05:15 pm UTC (link)
this is nice because i am a terribly untraveled Canadian girl...i do know of a lovely tourist attraction in Alberta, Canada...the Banff Springs Hotel (banff itself is amazing). People apparently come from all over to stay there, ski and see the rockies.... The hotel is beautiful, a castle..Marilyn Monroe has stayed there, as did the queen.




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[info]paint_by_number
2007-12-17 11:03 pm UTC (link)
i love how the shape of the castle echoes the shape of the mountain!

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[info]nicolettesara
2007-12-17 05:26 pm UTC (link)
istanbul is one of my favorite places in the world... the culture there is incredibly rich.





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[info]paint_by_number
2007-12-17 11:13 pm UTC (link)
beautiful pictures. i've studied the hagia sophia but have never had the privilege of going there.

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[info]adventurey
2007-12-17 05:28 pm UTC (link)
i think is a classic example that you can find beauty everywhere you look.

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[info]girlfromalbion
2007-12-17 10:01 pm UTC (link)
yes! very true

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[info]noeudpap
2007-12-17 05:30 pm UTC (link)
The pictures are gorgeous ! I love Flickr, you always find the most talented photographers there !

I'd love to learn driving barges, and then have a tour of France via its canals. It's so original. I live in France, but I think it would be very interesting to see the country on a different angle. You know, I always take my car, or the train, or whatever, but travelling on a barge must be pretty awesome. It's so slow, you have all your time to admire the landscapes, it must pretty fun to be stopped on a lock... Well, that's my dream.


This is the Canal de Bourgogne (by Cathy on Flickr) ^

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[info]paint_by_number
2007-12-17 11:19 pm UTC (link)
a tour of france via its canals? sounds very romantic!

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[info]coeur_libre
2007-12-17 05:31 pm UTC (link)
oh gosh, I love Neuschwanstein. it's just the ultimate fairytale castle for me. :)

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[info]onelittlerosie
2007-12-17 05:36 pm UTC (link)

I'm in awe.
This is so beautiful.

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[info]_caravan
2007-12-17 05:47 pm UTC (link)
This is an absolutely amazing post!

I think one of the most wonderful places I've ever visited was Bernkastel-Kues here in Germany. It took two trains and a bus to reach, but was worth it - especially with a Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market) going on at the time. Unfortunately my own pictures are film only, so here's one from somewhere else:

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[info]paint_by_number
2007-12-17 11:22 pm UTC (link)
that's amazing, it looks almost like a disney movie set. the first time i saw a christmas market (in berlin), i was so excited and i tried to tell my friend who, in a bored tone, replied that they are everywhere in europe.

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[info]des_bonbons
2007-12-17 05:48 pm UTC (link)
i would love to visit non-touristy places in the world but unfortunately i'm afraid of being unwelcome. as i'm not white, i feel like i wouldn't have a lovely experience. it sucks so bad. i'd love to have any kind of experience (good or bad) but i need the courage to be able to go for it. racism/discrimination/etc is something i can't really handle and i have a large suspicion that in europe and asia, a dark-skinned perosn like me will have a less pleasant experience than someone who is white (especially in europe).

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[info]artistiqua
2007-12-17 06:15 pm UTC (link)
Racism is just awful. Grrr. I hope you do decide to travel though because it is so worth the experience.
Come to Bavaria, Germany for example. I live here in a small village and even here you find the occasional dark-skinned person. And nobody really cares. :-) You might get the occasional look or some idiots trying to hit on you (but then again those type of guys hit on anything with boobs and ass).

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(no subject) - [info]des_bonbons, 2007-12-21 02:09 am UTC
Great Post
[info]mercyacross
2007-12-17 06:04 pm UTC (link)
Moraine Lake is ten times more beautiful then even that picture shows.

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[info]walcker
2007-12-17 06:08 pm UTC (link)
WOW. This post has inspired me so much. Those photos are amazing, I'd kill to travel to all those wonderful places.

One of my missions in life is to witness the Aurora Borealis from somewhere within the Arctic Circle. The Arctic's always fascinated me for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on.

Great post! :)

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[info]pinkykinz
2007-12-17 06:12 pm UTC (link)
le mont st. michel


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[info]pinkykinz
2007-12-17 06:15 pm UTC (link)
i dont know why this one didnt show up:

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[info]mmgoatcheese
2007-12-17 06:20 pm UTC (link)
wow, those pictures made my morning

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[info]seailors
2007-12-17 06:31 pm UTC (link)
These are beautiful! Thank you for sharing this.
The one of Angkor Wat, Cambodia, is my favorite. Honestly.

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[info]stereopolice
2007-12-17 06:32 pm UTC (link)
this post was simply amazing
and it made my day

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