This vast, unfinished hotel dominates the hill that looks down on Lake Sevan, one of Armenia’s premier tourist destinations, it now lays abandoned.
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Pre-Storm Photography at the Iron Fountain in Gyumri, Armenia
Getting caught in a thunder storm whilst searching for Gyumri’s iron fountain, and photographing the surrounding neighbourhood against moody skies.
Abandoned Thailand: Unfinished Hotel in Ranong
Most people go to Ranong to visit the islands but we decided to explore an unfinished hotel instead! Part of our Abandoned Thailand series.
Faded Grandeur and Abandoned Buildings in Savannakhet, Laos
Discover faded grandeur and abandoned buildings in Savannakhet, Central Laos with its French colonial-era architecture and Mekong River mansions.
What we got up to in the Baltic States and the Caucasus
Alternative things to see on our Baltic States and the Caucasus trip included street art, abandoned places, Soviet-era architecture, mosaics and monuments.
Abandoned Thailand: Railway Carriages in Chumphon
We came across these disused railway cars while wandering close to Chumphon’s active train station. Part of our series on abandoned places in Thailand.
Cosplay Girls in the Taiwanese city of Tainan
At weekends, Tainan’s Koxinga Shrine becomes a meeting place for photographers and ornately dressed cosplay girls who come to pose for the cameras.
Fan-Shaped Train Garage in Changhua, Taiwan
The roundhouse, or fan-shaped train garage, in Changhua is the only one left out of six built by the Japanese during their occupation of Taiwan.
The Indian moustache … still very much in fashion
The Indian moustache is still very much in fashion. In India! It seems sometimes that every post-puberty male in India has a moustache of some kind.
Abandoned Taiwan: The Futuro Village at Wanli AKA UFO Houses
The Futuro Village at Wanli is a quasi-abandoned location in Taiwan. Wanli UFO Village features retro oval-shaped Futuro houses and rectangular Venturo ones.
French colonial-era architecture in the sleepy Cambodian riverine town of Kampot
Discovering French colonial-era architecture in the sleepy Cambodian town of Kampot: buildings both restored and dilapidated, but all are beautiful.
Soviet ‘street art’ in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr
In Zhytomyr we noticed these Soviet-era plaques on the side of the PJSC Ukrtelecom (Ukrainian National Telecommunications Operator) building.