Super cool place you should visit blog

Warning: Follow my advice at your own risk!

Seagaia Ocean Dome

Seagaia Ocean Dome is the largest fake beach in the world. Opened since 1993, it receives millions of visitors a year.

Measuring 300 meters long and 100 meters wide, the dome is located in Miyazaki, Japan. It has a retractable roof so you can enjoy the beach on rainy days too! The temperature inside is always at around 85 degrees.

This is perfect for those who travels to Miyazaki, Japan during the red hot Japanese summer and can't find a beach, which by the way, is right next to the dome...

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Rainbow Bridge

In 1993, Tokyo completed the project of building a suspension bridge crossing the Tokyo bay. The bridge spans 1870 feet and has 2 decks. There are also walkways available during certain hours if you want a nice view of the bay.

But that's all boring, until night time comes! Lamps are placed on wires throughout the bridge, which are illuminated into rainbow colors at night. And it's all powered by solar energy obtained during the day.

In year 2000, a replica of the Statue of Liberty was also built near the bridge, which is located on the same latitude as the one in NY. And recently, for protection purpose, they've also created a 59 foot Gundam to guard the area! (If you don't know what Gundam is, you should really watch more TV and read less blogs)

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Cafe Calico

Calico is a cat cafe located in Tokyo. No, it's not one of those cafes where you bring your cat and they sit on the same table with you.

Calico is the classy place to go if you want to enjoy a cup of tea while petting friendly felines (DISCLAIMER: I just assume they are friendly). The cafe has about 20 cats of different breeds and is packed with customers. Reservations are required if you want a spot.

There are also rules you must follow if you want to hang out there:

Must wear their cat-access passes around your neck at all times.
Can't bring children under 5th grade.
Cats too young to be held have scarves around their necks.
Do not hold or stroke a cat if it resists.
Must leave napping cats alone.
Never bring cat nip or cat food to the cafe.

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Suoi Tien Park

Ever wonder where the Buddhist monks go for fun? Why Suoi Tien Park of course!

The Buddhist-themed amusement park located in Vietnam has a heaven palace, which features a giant water park with huge smiling statues. It's the park creator's vision of what heaven would be like. Of course, the park won't be complete without a "Hell" version of the water park, which is located on the other side. Somehow, hell looks a lot like heaven, but with huge ugly frowning statues...

But of course, we don't visit a Buddhist-themed park for religious stuff. We are there for the bat caves and crocodile lake with over 1,500 crocodiles of all sizes!

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Diomede Islands

The Big Diomede and Little Diomede, sometimes called Tomorrow Island and Yesterday Isle respectively, are the 2 islands at the border of Russia and Alaska, U.s.

The islands are about 2.4 miles apart located in the middle of the Bering Strait, separated by the International Date Line. They are called Tomorrow Island and Yesterday Isle because Big Diomede is 21 hours ahead of the small guy.

When the sale of Alaska finalized during 1867, there are families with family members on both islands. They were not allowed to cross over to see each other during the cold war.

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Complex Shit

Created by American artist, Paul McCarthy, the piece named "Complex Shit" is a giant inflatable dog turd featured in Zentrum Paul Klee Art Museum, Switzerland.

The art piece is the size of a house and was part of the "East of Eden: A Garden Show" exhibit. It was carried by a gust of strong wind few months ago, took down a power line, and broke someone's window. A real case of shit hit the fan (or power line).

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Counterfeit Mall

Whoa! It's been quiet here...

Anyway, in Nanjing, China, they are busy finish building a new shopping center for fake brands, featuring stores like McDnoald's, Bucksstar Coffee, and Pizza Huh?

Here are some leaked photos of the soon to be opened mall. Some consumers are pretty pissed off about the whole idea, so the city is under pressure to shut it down.

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Colletto Fava

Colletto Fava is a hill in the northern Piedmont of Italy. In 2005, Viennese art group Gelitin created a massive pink stuffed bunny on the side of the hill.

The bunny is about 200 feet in length and 20 feet high lying down. Other than being a work of art, the bunny is also a place for visitors to climb and relax on the top.

The bunny, named Hase, is expected to last until 2025.

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The Source

The Source, created by Greyworld, is a cube of 729 balls suspended on cables 32 metres high in the lobby of the new London Stock Exchange.

Controlled by computers running Python scripts, the balls will begin moving up and down at 8am when the market opens. It forms characters, shapes, and moves in motions that reflect the nature of the stock market itself throughout the day.

When the market closes, the balls return to their cubed arrangement resting on the bottom. It looks really cool when it's moving, but I can't find a video on it (And they say YouTube has everything! Lies!).

UPDATE: You can see the videos on Greyworld's website. Thanks to Andrew Shoben of Grey World for the tip!

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Fucking, Austria

Pronounced "Fooking", it's a village in Upper Austria, one of the 9 states of Austria.

The village's been around since 1070. Fucking, a swear word in English, means "Focko's people". The village is named after a man called Focko.

The Fucking village (pun intended) is famous for their street signs with the village's name on it. It attracts many tourists and is commonly stolen. A more secured road sign was installed in 2005, but the problem remains.

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