Could be called “10 places I’d like to visit”July 23rd, 2008 by Roy Berman |
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I stumbled across a fantastic post on Oddee entitled “10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns“, all 10 of which are officially now on my list of places I’d like to go. My affection for ruins and abandoned places is well documented, so how could I resist places like this sand-drowned Numibian village?
As it so happens, I should actually be able to stop by one of these sites within the next month. The Sanzhi haunted retro-futuristic beachfront housing development is located on the north coast of Taipei County, not very far from Danshui. And I’m going to Taiwan next Wednesday for almost 3 weeks.
While Sanzhi may not exactly be a short walk from Danshui station, it looks like a very reasonable bike ride to me, and I’m fairly sure that Danshui is one of the MRT stations where loading/offloading of bicycles is allowed. Hopefully I’ll have some time to track down this place while I’m in Taiwan.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Nice pics, but I don’t understand why The Walled City is included there. It wasn’t a ghost town.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Yea, I agree. It’s not like they cleared it out of people and it’s standing there empty-it was totally demolished! Pity they did too. It sounds like one of the awesomest places around.