Sunday, November 1, 2009

Lifeboat


scotland -89, originally uploaded by gugs.

picture taken on a ferryboat in Scotland.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Shark prevention


HK3_3872, originally uploaded by gugs.

seen on an island in Hong Kong on the beach...

Monday, October 5, 2009

Escalator sign


D2X_8197, originally uploaded by gugs.

a classical escalator warning sign, this version spotted in the Antalya airport in Turkey.

Don't jump


D2X_8006, originally uploaded by gugs.

self-explanatory. Seen in Palmiye, Turkey.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Cliffs


scotland -32, originally uploaded by gugs.

A normal warning sign: something interesting, it is much more common in English speaking countries to use text for warnings (assuming that everybody knows the language) or to combine text and symbols.

Dog 2


scotland -24, originally uploaded by gugs.

another one (see previous post), same principle...

Dog


scotland -28, originally uploaded by gugs.

this is a kind of sign you see a lot in the UK. Maybe a bit too explicit. Never seen often in other countries (there is an example in Hong Kong further in this blog)

Friday, August 7, 2009

Strange


scotland -85, originally uploaded by gugs.

this is a funny combination. I found this one in Scotland, just before taking the ferry on the Isle of Skye.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Instructions for skiers


VA3_9155, originally uploaded by gugs.

if you want to access any transportation facility for skiers, please take the stairs down, this passage is prohibited...

Gstaad


VA3_9298, originally uploaded by gugs.

A residential/commercial area sign in Gstaad, Switzerland. Speed is limited to 20 km/h, a speed not so easy to stay under with a modern car...

No skis


DSC_4096, originally uploaded by gugs.

seen in a hotel: don't enter here with skis or ski shoes...

Unique train


DSC_4141, originally uploaded by gugs.

This is a unique sign, it announces a railway station in a salt mine in Switzerland, the train itself is extremely small (about a meter high) to be able to move through the galleries in the mine.

Track


DSC_4142, originally uploaded by gugs.

don't walk on the track. Shot in a very special place, a salt mine in Switzerland, more than 2.5 km inside the mountain.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Hong Kong boat


HK3_3758, originally uploaded by gugs.

strange symbols... I didn't find them as clear as the usual icons being used...

Dog


HK3_3685, originally uploaded by gugs.

clean up after your dog... self-explanatory
Seen in Hong-Kong