Lost in translation, vol. 2

What’s more fun when traveling than searching out funny signs? (As always, this is gentle humor – no disrespect or mockery is intended.)

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Dear New Zealand: this could perhaps be rephrased.

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Maybe try it in a fourth language?

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If only they came together in one handy product.

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A helpful tip on a menu in India. Don’t talk to strangers, ever.

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Those crazy tourists in Vietnam! They always want to recycle!

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And right next to the recycling bins shown above, you’ll find this.

(As with India, this is what Vietnam actually looks like. Pretty sure it’s not just the tourists’ fault.)

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What?

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Notice #9…this sign was in a temple. So definitely watch out for muggers there. Muggers love temples.

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Again, temples are very dangerous places.

Funniest thing about these two signs? We were actually very politely mugged in a temple in Vietnam. A “monk” approached us and escorted us on a “secret” tour to a “hidden” altar not open to “regular” tourists (all in broken English, obviously). We were given an “honored blessing,” at which point he demanded 200,000 Vietnamese dong, or about $9. We handed him 100,000 and scampered, fully aware that we really didn’t have to pay him anything. But he was one of the few people in Vietnam who was actually (fake) nice to us, and isn’t it bad karma to skip out on a blessing? So really, please watch out for muggers in temples. We’re pretty sure he wasn’t even a monk.

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Having trouble with a caption on this one.

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We’ve collected a few amusing signs during our time in Japan. Please know that this is just a bit of gentle humor; no disrespect or mockery is intended. We couldn’t write our own names in Japanese much less an informational sign.

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I don’t know what it is, but I want it. Mostly because the workman himself is also handmade.

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Drug dealing? Prostitution? Timeshares?

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Notice the clarification on the last option. If you like to order your food based on gender, this menu is for you. (I do not think this would go over well in the U.S.)

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Very perplexing.

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Really, this is good advice no matter where you are.

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Remember: dehydration kills. Drink something.

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My favorite thus far.