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Discussion in 'Newcastle United' started by skalpel, Jan 12, 2012.

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  1. The Wilde one

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    Wow. Why was it abandoned? I love how nature takes control again, with the grass forcing its way through concrete.
     
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  2. skalpel

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    I think it simply wasn't needed any more: decreasing demand for coal and unfortunately for those who lived there its primary use was to house mining families. Fortunate for us all now though because it looks incredible.
     
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  3. The Wilde one

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    Sun and Moon pagodas in Guilin

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    I really want to visit Pripyat too.

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  4. skalpel

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    Wow, they look incredible.

    As for Pripyat, same here I'd love to go. I think there are still parts of the city you can't go to without a radiation suit - crazy stuff.
     
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    Don't get me started on Pripyat! Would absolutely love to have a gander round. Bet its creepy as hell like!
     
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    I was suprised how well cod 4 petrayed Pripyat ,there is a video comparing it to real life and it look identical

    Would love to go and take photos of jt
     
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  9. I want curly hair too

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    I'd like to go the the Monastery/Al Khazneh at Petra, in Jordan

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    Whole buildings carved into rocks.

    Just read it wasn't discovered to the Western world till 1812.
     
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    Although this has already been posted, I think you'll get let off cos it's well cool. (Also, wasn't an Indiana Jones film shot there?)
     
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    <laugh> everything I've posted seems to have already been mentioned! Definitely cool though, really detailed.

    Just googled it and yeah, apparently it was a film location for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Also filmed in Hertfordshire <diva>
     
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  12. Jesus Was A Geordie

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    Can't beat Cracked.com!

    Sorry, haven't read through the whole of this thread (couldn't post pictures when it was originally conceived) so if sorry if this has already been posted, but one of the coolest/weirdest buildings I've seen in real life was this, in Singapore:

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    I really like my Uni as well, but that's more sentimental than impressive:
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  13. P.T.N

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  14. Jesus Was A Geordie

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    Marina Bay Hotel I think? We just knew it as the place celebrities go to get a birds eye view of the F1.
     
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  15. I want curly hair too

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    Is it just me or does that picture look like it's taken from a video game?
     
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  16. skalpel

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    Ah yeah I've seen pictures of that before because of its legendary Infinity Pool!

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    Nope, not just you mate.
     
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    <laugh> It has hasnt it!? You can tell by looking at the trees, and that fire near the truck too!
     
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    Hameln Burgerhaus

    This is my town of birth, you might know it more as Hamelin.

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