Tourists being abnormal
It doesn’t matter where you are from… it could from the next county over - you are still considered a tourist. If you travel from Iowa to Wisconsin crossing the Dubuque bridge a total of 4 miles… you are considered a tourist. You traveled from St. Paul to Hudson, Wisconsin, a total of twenty five miles… you are still a tourist. You crossed over from Newark to Manhattan, bingo - you become a tourist.

Or like these hardy folks (above) who flew across the equator to a beautiful spot on the map... did it make them tourist? What qualifies you as a tourist... is what you packed in your bag or what you bring home with you. Here are some things that make you a real tourist.

other qualifications,
A.) Taking hundreds of pictures (like the Japanese) many out of focus capturing only half the subject matter.
B.) Asking your tour guide dozen of questions which confuses the others in your party as well as Carlos your tourist guide.
C.) Purchasing another travel case to take back home all the trinket’s of your trip including the hotel bed sheets.
D.) You bring home a stomach which acts like a Mexican Jumping Bean.
E.) All said aside, it’s the memories of friends that separate you from the 'ideal' tourist. It’s the difference from being a tourist and a guess of the country.

Pictured above are some of the charter members of the International Beer Pong Federation scoping out a site for the 2010 finals.
This tour continues tomorrow, maybe.

So after stay with our friends in Ecuador the first day it was,
“ Wipe your feet, Bud!”