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Las Vegas NV: Top Six Absolutely Free Sites |
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When visiting Sin City this season or at any other time of year, you may lose your lifetime savings gambling. You may also attend sinfully expensive stage performances that show lots of skin while your bank account is being skinned.
You can over-stuff in overloaded buffets that will bust your money belt and heart valves. In addition to all that excess, you should also plan some happy moments to enjoy some of the city’s absolutely free things. Consider these:
1. Gold & Silver Pawn Shop: If you’re a fan of the TV show, you can go to 713 S. Las Vegas Blvd. and maybe watch an episode being filmed. Wandering around thru the expansive store can be an interesting time among the vintage items on display. If you bring a valuable hunk of vintage junk along, you may even get to star in one of the episodes. gspawn.com
2. Fremont Street Downtown Experience: Every night, high above the town’s historic main street, there’s an enormous overhead video projection, featuring lights, images and ear-bursting music. If you’re lucky to be there on a live concert night, you can enjoy it for free, too. vegasexperience.com
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Singapore Visit: Obey The Very Strict Local Laws |
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Remember a couple of years back when an American teen painted graffiti on several cars in Singapore? He was sentenced to a well-deserved public whipping. If you’re visiting that beautiful Asian city-state, make sure to comply with all the rules, especially those intended to enhance the squeaky-clean image.
For example, you can expect the local police to burst your bubble if you’re caught chewing gum in public. You may not get a whipping nor a Singapore Sling into jail, but it could cost you a hefty fine. Gum is totally banned from import, city stores, personal tourist stash, and chomping it in full view of horrified citizens and officials.
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Whitstable, UK: WW2 AA Forts, Not Alien Space Ships |
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Boooo! The ghostly apparitions at the Thames Estuary in Kent look like a spooky H.G. Wells scenario. They’re actually abandoned AA platforms on stilts, built in 1942 as anti-aircraft positions. Called Fort Maunsell, the guns fired at German bombers crossing the Channel to attack London and other English targets. For info about sightseeing cruises in the area, go to www.greta1892.co.uk |
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Boston, MA: Spend The Night In The Hoosegow |
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For a unique Halloween, marriage, divorce, retirement or any other celebration while in Beantown, consider sleeping in a spooky former city jail. From the 1850s until a couple of decades ago, the imposing building complex, now the Liberty Hotel, was definitely not the place to spend any nights, days or years.
However, today the old jail is totally remodeled into fantastic interiors, 208 comfy rooms with luxury bathrooms, along with four fine dining and drinking (including the Clink) facilities. Those guests with creative cameras can book one of 19 rooms that still retain their cell block and iron bar facades.
Rates from $299, Liberty Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, 165 Charles St., Boston MA 02114, www.libertyhotel.com
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Beijing, China: Visit The National Museum of China |
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The building complex in the capital city includes more than two million square feet of exhibits. They represent everything from prehistoric archeology to contemporary Chinese culture, as well as other examples of the world’s art, sculpture and design.
Located next to Tiananmen Square, the museum address is 16 East Chang’an Av., Dongcheng, Beijing 100006 PR China. Admission is free. For info and news about current and upcoming exhibits, go to en.chnmuseum.cn
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