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Incredible Low-Tech Laotian Merry-Go-Round
When I was living in Kathmadu 20 years ago (yow!) this summer, I found this awesomely makeshift ferris wheel in a nearby theme park. A teenager would stand in the middle, and walk from one bar to the...
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Beyond the Valley of the Dwarfs: The Strangest Theme Park Ever?
“Before coming here, I was tending cattle, and feeding pigs,” Xiao Cao told me. “I never even knew how to dance.” “And now, she’s our leading dancer!” laughed Zhang Furong. Xiao Cao is a dancer. Zhang...
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Return to Fake Disneyland? Sweeeeeet!
This past weekend, AO hosted our third BeijingObscura outing: a return to the magnificent Copyright Infringement Park, aka Fake Disneyland! Thanks to everyone who made it–it wouldn’t have been the same...
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The Creepiest Amusement Park of All Time?
Singapore is bland. It’s a high-priced row of shopping malls and fine eateries, with a few hawker markets thrown in. “It’s soooooo boring,” warned my hairdresser Miss P. But then you stumble on...
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15 More Pictures from weirdoid Tiger Balm Park
AsiaObscura friend Dawn Xiana Moon (dawnxianamoon.com) sent over a pile more pix from the absolutely incredible statues and terrifying dioramas at Tiger Balm Park aka Har Paw Villa. See our original...
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Wonderfully Crumbling Old Cardboard Castle
Just off the beaches of Chennai, covered in crow guano, trash and cow dung, lies the creepily gorgeous ruins of the Snowball amusement park. Paint was peeling off the walls. So was the plaster. Heck,...
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Small Children Feeding Live Animals to Tigers in a Chinese Zoo
In northern China there’s a tiger park. Like so many things in China, it’s nothing like you might expect. To start with, there’s a menu at the gate. These aren’t animals to take home and domesticate....
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Don’t Forget Your Cute Tiger Pictures
After the horrors of the tiger park, I neglected to mention the cute photo ops at the end of the tour. I mean, how awesome is this vertical line of tigerocity? After taking the picture, the employee...
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Chinese Freak Shows: An Age-Old New Years Tradition
Two-headed ladies! Ladies with tails! Big-headed ladies and snake-eating ladies and elephants, too! All this, for only 75 cents! Every year, for Chinese New Year, these tents appear across the country....
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13 Amazing Indian Circus Posters
Shravanabelagola, India We were in this tiny village to see a 57-foot naked man, towering over everything, but he wasn’t the only thing to catch my eye. Wheat-pasted to every surface — crumbling walls...
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Another Diana Pose at the Taj Mahal
From Beijing’s miniature Taj Mahal, of course… Oh, what an unforgettable day that was…
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When I was living in Kathmadu 20 years ago (yow!) this summer, I found this awesomely makeshift ferris wheel in a nearby theme park. A teenager would stand in the middle, and walk from one bar to the...
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