Mysterious Venice, sunny California and romantic Paris, all they have innumerable quantity of amazing places that are visited every year by hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world. However, during a fascinating journey and do not forget about hygiene! The famous tourist advisor TripAdvisor has published a list of 5 most pathogenic places on the planet.
First place among the attractions swarm with microorganisms took Irish castle Blarney and glorious stone of the same name. According to local legend, anyone who touches the stone with his lips will receive a magical gift of eloquence or skill of refined flattery. However, before you indulge in destructive passion of the Irish magic stone, it must be remembered that apart from you, the stone is kissed every year by about 400 000 other visitors. Blarney stone is so generously filled by bacteria from all over the world, that analysts of TripAdvisor urge to think about the price that you can pay for the promised gift of speech.
Second place in the ranking of pathogens attractions holds the adhesive attraction of America, the famous Wall of Gum in Seattle. Baroque tradition to keep here one’s chewing gum, formed in 1990 among visitors of Market Theatre, has turned a usual brick wall into an extremely original sticky and totally unhygienic sight.
Third place in the list of bacterial sights took numerous testimonies of love and gratitude of bibliophiles and fans from all over the world, the tomb of Oscar Wilde at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Place of burial of the famous English writer is completely littered with medley traces of the women's lipstick. These sensual and totally unhygienic ways of expressions of gratitude lead TripAdvisor authors on a very logical question: is there a cleaner way of expression of literary preferences?
Fourth place among the pathogens attractions holds the magnificent and stunning in its beauty famous St. Mark's Square in Venice. But Venice’s attractiveness has the other side, thousands and thousands of hungry pigeons. Recently, feeding of the pigeons on the square has been forbidden, but the tourists still want to touch and even hold in hands the bird of peace. The authors of the tourist adviser recommend to be cautious, because these wild birds can leave dirty unexpected surprises.
Famous cinema «Chinese Theater of Grauman» completes the insanitary rating. Here on the sidewalk in front of the theater are shown cemented imprints of hands and feet of almost all the famous movie stars of the «Dream Factory». Intimate touches to the hands of the celebrities can bring not only pleasure but also millions of different bacteria, left-handed by the hands of the fans. Analysts of TripAdvisor urge to stock with a pair of gloves or a strong antiseptic before touching the great.
Date: 18/06/2009
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