Comments on: Abandoned places of the world http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hal Amen http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-73050 Hal Amen Mon, 02 May 2011 13:21:39 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-73050 Wonderful work, Jan. Thanks. Wonderful work, Jan. Thanks.

]]> By: Jan http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-73049 Jan Mon, 02 May 2011 08:50:12 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-73049 I've documented some of these places in detail. This type of "tourism" is what I do for a living. If you wish to take an in-depth look at places like Gunkanjima/Hashima, Pripyat, Kolmanskop and Nouadhibou: http://www.smithjan.com/portfolio.html http://smithjan.com/blog/2011/04/27/pripyat-atoms-wake/ I’ve documented some of these places in detail. This type of “tourism” is what I do for a living. If you wish to take an in-depth look at places like Gunkanjima/Hashima, Pripyat, Kolmanskop and Nouadhibou:

http://www.smithjan.com/portfolio.html
http://smithjan.com/blog/2011/04/27/pripyat-atoms-wake/

]]> By: Carlo http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-2445 Carlo Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:33:31 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-2445 Spooky...thanks for sharing! Spooky…thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Hal Amen http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-2294 Hal Amen Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:13:30 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-2294 Thanks for the comment, Christy. I've gone ahead and embedded the video right here so we can all check it out more easily. Fascinating stuff! Thanks for the comment, Christy. I’ve gone ahead and embedded the video right here so we can all check it out more easily. Fascinating stuff!

]]> By: Christy http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-2293 Christy Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:57:01 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-2293 Mongolian ghost town....I would love to know why it was left, especially with all the things still in the buildings! <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Ext6h23CvM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Ext6h23CvM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Mongolian ghost town….I would love to know why it was left, especially with all the things still in the buildings!

]]> By: Carlo Alcos http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-2315 Carlo Alcos Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:25:16 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-2315 Cool, planning on being in Berlin next year some time, this sounds interesting. Thanks! Cool, planning on being in Berlin next year some time, this sounds interesting. Thanks!

]]> By: dawn http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-2314 dawn Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:17:22 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-2314 amazing article... i love getting lost & finding abandoned buildings and found this article very interesting. if you live near berlin, you need to check out the old DDR-era cold war spy station... it's called Teufelsberg and is a must visit!! here is a link to a website about it... http://www.ccc.de/teufelsberg/ one of the coolest places i have ever been! amazing article… i love getting lost & finding abandoned buildings and found this article very interesting. if you live near berlin, you need to check out the old DDR-era cold war spy station… it’s called Teufelsberg and is a must visit!! here is a link to a website about it…

http://www.ccc.de/teufelsberg/

one of the coolest places i have ever been!

]]> By: Sarah http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-2150 Sarah Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:58:42 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-2150 Awesome article! I love decaying ghost towns. The mining town in Namibia is incredible --the town is entirely full of windswept sand now. Some truly epic photographs have come from there. :) Awesome article! I love decaying ghost towns. The mining town in Namibia is incredible –the town is entirely full of windswept sand now. Some truly epic photographs have come from there. :)

]]> By: Carlo http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-2304 Carlo Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:50:18 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-2304 Yeesh! When did that happen? What happened to the people? Scary... Yeesh! When did that happen? What happened to the people? Scary…

]]> By: Adam http://matadornetwork.com/trips/dead-city-tourism-abandoned-places-of-the-world/#comment-2303 Adam Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:09:15 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=1889#comment-2303 Awesome article! I think Centralia is a super-interesting sounding place. The only problem is, it's really unsafe to visit for the same reasons it's unsafe to live there. As in, 200+ ft deep sinkhole opening up under your feet unsafe (it's happened). Awesome article! I think Centralia is a super-interesting sounding place. The only problem is, it’s really unsafe to visit for the same reasons it’s unsafe to live there. As in, 200+ ft deep sinkhole opening up under your feet unsafe (it’s happened).

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