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Friday Photography Blog No 23 | 140 comments (140 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Was this an event or a very busy tourist site?
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 01:50:47 PM EST
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That's the top of the steps at the Acropolis.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:12:24 PM EST
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Obviously THE place to be seen.
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:15:35 PM EST
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if you want crowds though (4.00 / 6)

have the entrance to Karnak.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:16:00 PM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (none / 1)
All those people would do my head in. How can you appreciate the place fully?  Double edged sword isn't it?  Tourism brings us to these incredible places that we would never have seen otherwise, but it brings so many of  us.  I spent most of my time in Venice muttering "bloody tourists" even though I was one.
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:36:46 PM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (none / 0)
Well that was  as we were thinking about leaving. we got there first thing before the majority of tourist coaches arrived. the crowds weren't there till later. Having been there when it's crowded, the tourists really stick to the central third of the site. so there were the four of us crawling round the rest, from where you occasionally saw the human sea behind the  walls and columns at a distance. but it's almost like you're there on your own.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:57:56 PM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (none / 0)
Good approach.
I always try to wander off the main bits when I go to places like that and you find the lesser seen gems that way. Venice was a good example of the key sites and streets being packed but all you had to do was step down a side alley or wander around a little and there was nobody in sight.  I'm glad that most people don't have the imagination to think of that.
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 04:30:47 AM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (4.00 / 7)

Inside the same site but off the beaten track.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 08:37:31 AM EST
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Is this possible to escape crowds early morning or they start arriving at dawn?
by FarEasterner on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 04:26:17 AM EST
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Well not really till 9.

When we turned up, there was a local on a scam who I wish I'd taken a photo of, but it wasn't till I saw him later that I understood. The man was carrying a wooden gate, which he set up at the bottom of a set of stairs, and was then charging tourists to go up. I had thought that it was odd to see a man carrying a gate, but didn't stop to take a pic, and was gutted for the rest of the day that I hadn't.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 08:41:02 AM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (4.00 / 2)
Obviously a future CEO for one of the leading international banks...

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 09:15:14 AM EST
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Friday Photography Blog No 23 | 140 comments (140 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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