Australia
Mixing British sensibility and caution with the Australian devil-may-care attitude, road signs in Australia are both practical and entertaining...
They forgot about the sharks.
Many tourists forgot this, so these were quite helpful.
A disheartening sign, especially since we were biking and wine tasting.
New Zealand
We spent a lot of time at holiday parks (a.k.a. campgrounds) in New Zealand. While the people running these parks were almost always kind and friendly, they also invariably posted slightly crazed signs like the one below. Woe to the camper who doesn't obey the signs...
Malaysia
Signs like the one below were common throughout Southeast Asia, where durian is a popular fruit to eat. It also smells strongly of trash and makes everything around it smell like trash - as we discovered on a very long train ride in Vietnam.
Vietnam
Speaking of Vietnam, it was the source of some of our favorite signs, from propaganda to helpful rules about which guests were allowed in your room.
These signs contained no sense of irony.
Picky guesthouse owners. No prostitutes?!
Their third bullet was inviting, but we did not eat here.
Thailand
Unfortunately, this sign was posted in a Buddhist temple. Where all the monks were dressed in red...
Excellent advice for life on the last line.
Japan
Japan also likes to provide lots of signs, though they often advertised their usefulness in English, then offered all the information in Japanese. Below are three of our favorite English translation signs - they capture the friendly and polite spirit of the Japanese we met.
We never saw the bee.
This sign would have been more useful in Mongolia.
Yes, let's!
And so, the next time you're abroad, just remember:
No comments:
Post a Comment