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Uhuru Peak and the peril of tourists

Monday 14 Jul, 2008 - 20:26pm | 0 comments |

Having made it to Uhuru Peak, Africa's highest point, the last thing I expected was to almost lose an eye. Yet this very nearly happened as some eejit wedged a metal plate into the sign that marks the peak, to hang a memento on. As the plate is at eye level it's invisible. I turned right into it, and caught my eye..

Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa

Should I be surprised? No. Tourists the world over do some extraordinary and really annoying shit. You can't let them out you know. The most annoying for me was a young woman posing on an Ahu, one of the sacred platforms for the Easter Island Moai, for an entire afternoon, just obstructing the view without a care for anyone else. That was annoying, but chipping a piece from a Moai ear to retain as a keepsake as a Finnish tourist did this year - that's just plain shit..

And speaking of which, in the Atacama desert, one of the magical places of the world, a tourist ruined the natural rock formation known as the three Maria's when he climbed up on one of the figures for a photo shoot and broke it. Way to go ass#*le!

The three Maria's - A tourist ruined this natural rock formation in the Atacama Desert   An ancient tree in Patagonia destroyed by fire by a smoking tourist

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Tags: Uhuru Peak | Tourism | Tourists | The Three Marias | Easter Island Maoi

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