[Ammi]

Bus 142 was left behind by the workers who built the railway at Stampede Trail. Christopher McCandless, an American hitchhiker whose story was told through the movie "Into The Wild, lived and died in what he referred to as the "magic bus" during the summer of 1992.

[Ammi]

Turquoise Canal, Venice, Italy. Just like any other city, areas of Venice are boarded up and abandoned

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Turquoise Canal, Venice, Italy. Just like any other city, areas of Venice are boarded up and abandoned

This is just so eerie, and evocative of the creepy 1973 Donald Sutherland film; 'Don't Look Now', which was set in Venice. Brilliant.

[Liam-]

City Hall Station was built in 1904 and closed in 1945 as only around 600 people used it only a daily basis.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

City Hall Station was built in 1904 and closed in 1945 as only around 600 people used it only a daily basis.

..that's still incredibly beautiful......

[Ammi]

Staircase to nowhere, Pismo Beach, California. Once giving access to the beach, the walkway that connected this staircase to the bluffs has long since rotted away.

[Ammi]

Nara Dreamland in Japan was built in 1961 after Disneyland took the world by storm. The entrance to the park was almost identical to Disneyland and included its own version of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. The park closed in 2006 because of low visitor numbers.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..that's still incredibly beautiful......

I know

Christ of the Abyss - San Fruttuoso, Italy - Guido Galletti built this statue of Christ in 1954 and placed it into the water at a depth of 55 feet.

[Marc]

I love this ****

[Liam-]

Hafodunos Hall in Llangernyw, North Wales.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

Hafodunos Hall in Llangernyw, North Wales.

This is a fantastic photo.

[Marc]

to be fair Liam that's what most of Wales looks like

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Marc

to be fair Liam that's what most of Wales looks like

Disgusting display of Mod abuse
Wales is the prettiest country in the UK.. as long as you stay in the country side and don't venture into the city

[Marc]

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

Disgusting display of Mod abuse
Wales is the prettiest country in the UK.. as long as you stay in the country side and don't venture into the city

I studied in Cardiff for three years so I'm familiar with the locals in the city center

but yeah some lovely areas to the south

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Marc

I studied in Cardiff for three years so I'm familiar with the locals in the city center

but yeah some lovely areas to the south

Oh my, the idiots you see in the city center are not a good thing to base Wales off of
We have some of the most beautiful places in Britain tbf, but Cardiff is a bit of a ****hole.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

Oh my, the idiots you see in the city center are not a good thing to base Wales off of
We have some of the most beautiful places in Britain tbf, but Cardiff is a bit of a ****hole.

Doctor Who makes it look beautiful.

Must be excellent special effects.

[Marc]

Splott is a personal fave hot spot

[Liam-]

Cooling tower of an abandoned power plant

[Liam-]

Nara Dreamland in Japan

[Liam-]

Angkor Wat in Cambodia

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Thank you, I will check it out. I write short stories, of which I've been lucky enough to have a few published (horror, paranormal, and romance) and have had very near misses with a couple of TV screenplays - both were well received but ultimately rejected, though I did receive encouraging feedback from both channels - a rarity in itself.

Unfortunately, life's realities overtook my literary aspirations, and I 'temporarily' put writing on the 'back-burner' because I had a living to earn. That 'temporary' period became ten years, but I have just started writing again, so who knows - 'que sera, sera'.

'Food first, then aesthetics' (apologies to Bertolt Brecht ).

...ahh, it's a shame about your writing because it's something you must love doing..?...but maybe you'll get time to fit some in with your work at some point in the future..?...but you're right of course, it's not something you can prioritise unless it's making you enough income as well...and it'll always be on that back burner when you have time to pick it off again, which I truly hope you will...we have a creative writing section on the forum as well, I don't know if you've seen it..?..but you could post some of your short stories in there if you wanted to...I'd love to read some, sometime...

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

Nara Dreamland in Japan

....I think theme parks/playgrounds and schools are some of the most sad abandonments, Liam...

[Ammi]

An abandoned waterpark

[Ammi]

Boathouse, Obersee Lake, Germany




..a great contrast of 'decay' and beauty...

[Ammi]

Abandoned hallway

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Ammi

....I think theme parks/playgrounds and schools are some of the most sad abandonments, Liam...

I agree, it's really disheartening to say a place dedicated to making people happy decay so much