Travel guide suggests 101 things not to do before you die
Travel guide suggests 101 things not to do before you die
A new travel guide is educating tourists on 101 things not to do before they die. The unique guide advises travellers to avoid 'once in a lifetime' experiences as they will only end in disappointment.
The guide, entitled Can't Be Arsed: 101 Things Not To Do Before You Die, has been penned by TV producer
Richard Wilson, the man behind Have I Got News For You, writes The Telegraph.
The tongue-in-cheek travel guide suggests that landmarks such as the
pyramids in Egypt and the
Taj Mahal in
India may not be to everyone's liking.
Writing about the
pyramids, Wilson jokes: "They are right next to...
Cairo. It's like turning off the Birmingham ring road and finding the Hanging Gardens of Babylon."
Meanwhile, describing
Machu Picchu in
Peru, Wilson quips, it's "something you could watch Michael Palin climbing up on TV - all in the company of the 400,000 intensely irritating gap-year students who think it's 'totally awesome, dude'".
However, other travel guides are of a different opinion, leaving holidaymakers to make their own minds up; the cult book
100 Things To Do Before You Die advocates visiting such sights as well as more obscure experiences, such as nude surfing in
Australia and land diving on the Pacific island of Vanuatu.
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