a sign post with different directions
Photograph ©2025 by Brian Cohen.
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Wooden Directional Signs in Fiji. Sunday Morning Photograph.

These directional signs are also known as fingerposts or guideposts.

As kitschy as they may be, wooden directional signs in Fiji — or anywhere in the world, for that matter — add a curious element to a location in which one finds himself or herself and causes that person to ponder just how far away he or she is from elsewhere on our planet.

Wooden Directional Signs in Fiji. Sunday Morning Photograph.

a sign post with different directions
Photograph ©2025 by Brian Cohen.

No one definitively knows the origin of these types of signs — which are also known as fingerposts or guideposts — but they may question the accuracy of them.

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Trivia time: Directional signs are the oldest type of road sign: Plutarch — who was a philosopher from Greece — wrote about milestones being placed 24 centuries ago in the third century Before the Common Era; while some fingerposts in the United Kingdom date back to at least the 1690s.

The purpose of the weekly series of Sunday Morning Photograph articles is to feature photographs from my travels around the world which you can view while enjoying your morning coffee.

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Please click here for a complete list of the Sunday Morning Photograph series of articles at The Gate With Brian Cohen, which include photographs taken of nature and sights of interest in many countries and territories around the world which are listed below.

All photographs ©2025 by Brian Cohen.

Countries and territories around the world include but not limited to: • Albania • Andorra • Antarctica • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Bahrain • Belgium • Belarus • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Botswana • Brazil • Bulgaria • Cambodia • Canada • China • Chile • Colombia • Côte d’Ivoire or Ivory Coast • Croatia • Cyprus — including the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus • Czechia or Czech Republic • Denmark • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • England in Great Britain in the United Kingdom • Estonia • Fiji • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Greenland • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Jamaica • Kenya • Kosovo • Laos • Latvia • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malaysia • Mexico • Montenegro • Morocco • Mozambique • Netherlands • New Zealand • North Macedonia • Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom • Norway • Oman • Panama • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Scotland in Great Britain in the United Kingdom • Singapore • Slovenia • South Africa • South Korea • Spain • Swaziland or Eswatini • Sweden • Switzerland • Taiwan • Thailand • Turkey or the Republic of Türkiye • United Arab Emirates • United States of America • Uruguay • Vanuatu • Vietnam • Wales in Great Britain in the United Kingdom

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