Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Wikitravel

For this wikitravel assignment we have to pick a place we are familiar with and add to the website wikitravel.com My destination is South County, RI. I am from Wakefield, RI but because RI is so small, especially the South County area, I figured I would write about more than one town. There is already a wikitravel website for South County, so I will add information. I think adding a map of South County would help future visitors get an idea where South County is actually located in regards to the rest of the state.
Under 'Get In' it talks about the different modes of transportation, I could definitely add the Block Island Ferry in Galilee. If you click on the link for Galilee it tells you about the ferry, but I think because South County covers most of southern RI it is an important piece of information to add to this specific site. Some of the information needs to be updated due to certain places closing, which I can fix. Under 'Recreational Activities" I would add the bike path. I'm not positive where it exactly starts or ends (I will find out) but it runs right through South Kingstown. You can walk/bike/roller blade/run on this beautifully peaceful trail. It is paved and has benches located every so often. You cross over a couple little bridges that have beaver homes right there! It is perfect for every season. Especially living in NE you will want to get out and see the changes in the seasons. Under 'Eat' I would add in Kabuki, it is a fairly new Sushi Restaurant that is fantastic! I know we aren't supposed to tout on wikipedia, but who says I can't here! I was never a sushi fan, but tried it at Kabuki and love it. I am actually going there this weekend for my friends bday. Perfect place to go for birthdays or a nice dinner, reasonably priced and they're open with full menu until 1am!

There isn't anything written under 'Drinks' so I will definitely be adding in there. You can drink at any restaurant, but if you looking more for the "drinking" scene I would add in Rhody Joe's. It is located off rt. 108 and has pretty cheap drink prices. House margarita are $4 and one of those huge mugs of beer is only $2! Fatbelly's opened up this summer I haven't been, but heard good things. I'll have to check it out. Also the Mew's is a great place to drink - they have 69 beers on tap!

These are just a few additions I will make to the wikitravel page for South County. I am sure there is much more I can add, but I will have to go explore what I already know! I'll drive around South County as a tourist and think "what would I want to see!"

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