As many travellers know when visiting remote parts of the world communicating with locals can be tricky.
Even more of a challenge, however, can be trying to decipher the well-meaning signs created to help visitors find their way around.
Author and travel writer Doug Lansky has been living abroad and travelling for the past 20 years, in more than 120 countries. Unsurprisingly, he has come across more than a few signage posts that have been ‘lost in translation’, much to his amusement.
Mr Lansky, who is based in Stockholm, has collected more than 160 photographs and 25 illustrations decided to publish them in a new book entitled: Ultimate Signspotting: Absurd And Amusing Signs From Around The World
In the introduction to the Lonely Planet book, he writes: “Just when I think I’ve seen every awkwardly compromised stick figure, bizarre warning, or confounding place name, a new one comes along.”
While some are intentionally ironic others are just confusing. Here are a few of our favourites below (including one from Dublin):
For those who love to live dangerously you might steer clear of Suzhou in China
Watch out for those dodgy walkers in San Francisco, California
Somehow this coffee in Beijing, China, doesn't tickle our taste buds
