This week you can trip on a deal digging for buried treasure in the island of Corsau.
Taking a vocation vacation or swimming in the world's largest pool in Chile.
And the world's strangest museums.
Plus, the first tourists hit a rock.
That and more on this week's trip on a deal.
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Hello, welcome to trip on a deal. I'm John.
And I'm Luce. There's been a lot of ink and newspapers about a rock since 1990,
but not much in the travel section.
One tour company is trying to change all that.
Hinterland Travel believes a rock has made a big turnaround,
and they say the mood in the country is upbeat, vibrant, and improving every day.
Currently, operator Jeff Hahn expects that a 16 to 78 tour is sufficient,
but tourists need to be flexible on dates and itineraries.
The New York Times reports the first tour just returned,
and has an amazing video of the trip on their site.
Just how safe is it considering that minor detail of a war going on?
Well, the Ministry of Tourism offered the tour company armed guards,
but they were denied because they chose to drive around a rock in a minibus.
Instead.
Yes.
Hey, they got back.
Well, let's watch and see how that goes.
If you're feeling really adventurous, the tour started around $2,800 land only,
with absolutely no possibility for travel insurance.
And now, somewhere in the Caribbean, there is a great deal of buried treasure.
Yes, I said buried treasure and John has just left the studio to check it out for us.
John, what do you have?
And Luce, thank you.
We are here in Midtown Manhattan at the Essex House
and the Tourism Department of the Island of Curaçao. They have buried $500,000
somewhere on the Island of Curaçao.
You're going to send 10 people on this crazy scavenger hunt like Amazing Race
in just a few months.
10 people in a treasure hunt going on the hill, beaches, hotels
to find the keys to open up that treasure.
And not only is there hidden treasure in the sands of Curaçao,
but they are giving away 70 free trips to American tourists one a day
over the next 70 days if you log on to Curaçaotreasure.com.
Now, here's a unique vacation idea, vocation vacations.
Spend a few days test driving your dream career with the help of a mentor.
VocationVacations.com offers 125 careers.
Like what?
Well, I'll tell you Luce, a TV producer, a chocolatier, a dude rancher,
a boat captain, a yoga instructor, or even you could be an architect.
I could be an architect.
You could just go to vocationvacations.com.
I could draw a building.
Now, it does take about one to three days of your time and $500 to $3,000.
Who knows, with your newfound experience, maybe you can find someone to pay you
for the same thing later.
Exactly. There are a lot of tools out there on Facebook and other sites
that allow you to show the world where you've been,
the virtual pan and the map kind of thing,
but many of them are complex and required downloading which most of us are not too keen about.
Enter 29travels.com.
It's a simple tool.
Just check the countries you've been to, then copy and paste the code into your webpage.
Take no time at all.
That's right.
Now, getting to all those countries you can fill in the map,
that might take a little more time.
Yeah, but that's the fun part.
That's right.
Our picture of the week comes from Al Garobo Chile.
It's the world's largest swimming pool, 20 acres total.
But that thing, it's huge.
And it costs $4 billion to build.
What?
$4 billion to build.
How many laps is that?
That's one long lap.
You're pooped at the end of one lap.
The deepest part, 115 feet.
Now, it's all part of the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Chile,
and apparently they even let sailboats on the pool.
Is there any land at that resort?
I mean, it's all pool.
It's all pool.
And finally, we couldn't pass up this list of really strange museums
compiled by Uncoached.com.
Are you ready for this?
There's the Museum of Bad Art, a.k.a. MOBA in Massachusetts,
because I'm so tired of saying good art.
With engaging pieces like this, Jerez the Clown.
Nice.
And this one here, this was called In the Cat's Mouth.
It's so deep.
Then there's the Museum of Odd Socks for knitters everywhere
to name and display their work.
Yes, yes, name their work.
So these socks are called Tale of Woe.
You know, they took her a month to knit.
Really?
And they still don't match up.
That's why it was such a Tale of Woe.
People were like, where are you?
I'm knitting my socks.
Here's one.
The Virtual Banana Museum in Auburn, Washington.
It's completely dedicated to bananas.
Yeah, okay.
With great moments in banana history, including these rare,
racy 1920s banana photos.
There has been banana art through the ages, apparently.
It just, it captures the mind.
Yes.
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