{"id":94780,"date":"2020-01-09T08:40:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/?p=94780"},"modified":"2023-05-07T07:46:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T14:46:13","slug":"weird-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/weird-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird Signs That Amuse or Confuse Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weird Signs &#8211; One of the challenges of travel is finding your way around.<\/p>\n<p>If you are lucky, you will be in a country where there is plenty of clear signage.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, it proves to be very helpful, but, as you will see, that is not always the case.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone can order pre-printed signs from somewhere like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mydoorsign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mydoorsign.com<\/a>, signage which always make sense.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/weird-signs\/#Weird_Signs\" title=\"Weird Signs\">Weird Signs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/weird-signs\/#Vampires_live_here\" title=\"Vampires live here\">Vampires live here<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/weird-signs\/#Weird_Alaskan_road_signs\" title=\"Weird Alaskan road signs\">Weird Alaskan road signs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/weird-signs\/#Humped_pelican_crossing\" title=\"Humped pelican crossing\">Humped pelican crossing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/weird-signs\/#Sign_not_in_use_signs\" title=\"Sign not in use signs\">Sign not in use signs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/weird-signs\/#Secret_nuclear_bunker_sign\" title=\"Secret nuclear bunker sign\">Secret nuclear bunker sign<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Weird_Signs\"><\/span>Weird Signs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Often, creating signage is left down to someone who has a wicked <a href=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/5-things-ive-learned-about-thai-people-while-in-thailand\/\">sense of humor<\/a>, which produces some interesting and often amusing results.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Travel\/GoGreenTravelGreen-2014\/i-JsMrv75\/0\/16fa8e67\/XL\/Weird%20Signs-XL.jpg\" alt=\"Weird Signs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weird Signs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are a few great examples.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vampires_live_here\"><\/span>Vampires live here<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Forks, Washington is where the Twilight Saga books were set, a fact that attracts thousands of tourists there, every year.<\/p>\n<p>So, the person who created the town\u00b4s sign did have a good reason for stating that the population is 3,175 and vampires 8.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Weird_Alaskan_road_signs\"><\/span>Weird Alaskan road signs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Grande Denali Lodge in Alaska is located at the end of a very windy and steep road.<\/p>\n<p>It also has some sheer drops, which for drivers who are not used to these sorts of roads is distracting and off-putting.<\/p>\n<p>To counter this, the hotel\u2019s owners decided to put up some amusing and unusual road signs.<\/p>\n<p>They are placed to draw attention on the road.<\/p>\n<p>These unusual signs have proven to be so popular that they have gradually transformed into a tourist attraction in their own right.<\/p>\n<p>The one of a giant mosquito carrying off a man has even been turned into a fridge magnet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_94782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94782\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94782\" src=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weird-Alaska-Sign.jpg\" alt=\"Weird Alaska Sign\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weird-Alaska-Sign.jpg 900w, https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weird-Alaska-Sign-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aswetravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weird-Alaska-Sign-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weird Alaska Sign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>People keep coming up with more amusing and clever ideas, so additional signs are being made.<\/p>\n<p>You can take a look at 11 of the best ones, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/denali-road\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Humped_pelican_crossing\"><\/span>Humped pelican crossing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In Greenwich, London there is a sign set under a traffic lights warning triangle that warns of a \u201chumped Pelican crossing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Local drivers fully understand the warning, but it confuses no end of tourists.<\/p>\n<p>This is mostly because they have no idea that a pelican crossing refers to a crosswalk that also has a speed bump built into it.<\/p>\n<p>So, when they see it their first thought is that it refers to a pelican that is maybe crossing the road.<\/p>\n<p>The use of the word humped also causes confusion and leads to some wry smiles.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Travel\/GoGreenTravelGreen-2014\/i-CnQqd9n\/0\/d9a104db\/X2\/Weird%20Signs%20amuse-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Weird Signs amuse\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weird Signs amuse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You regularly see this particular sign being discussed on travel forums like TripAdvisor.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sign_not_in_use_signs\"><\/span>Sign not in use signs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Every now and again, when driving in the UK, you will come across a sign that says \u201csign not in use\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Why the empty post is not just capped off or removed instead of such a confusing sign being installed has never been explained.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Secret_nuclear_bunker_sign\"><\/span>Secret nuclear bunker sign<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is an old nuclear bunker located near Kelvdon Hatch, in Essex, UK.<\/p>\n<p>When it was built, nobody knew that it existed.<\/p>\n<p>It literally was a secret bunker.<\/p>\n<p>But, not anymore, there are several large brown signs that direct tourists to what is now an innovative and interesting museum.<\/p>\n<p>These signs raise eyebrows and make people smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weird Signs &#8211; One of the challenges of travel is finding your way around. 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