kirstybennetts's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

kirstybennetts

A full-time traveller with a passion for off the beaten path destinations and unusual things to see and do in better-known places. I love street art, Soviet-era mosaics and bus stops, abandoned places and concrete, Asian food and gin! Areas I spend most of my travel time: Asia, the Far East, and the New East (Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltic states, and Central Asia).

https://www.kathmanduandbeyond.com/

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Shanghai, China

M50 Art District

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

Added by Jesamine

Guangzhou, China

The Qingping Market

A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.

Added by ZacharySenn

Chongqing, China

Dazu Rock Carvings

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Dongyue Temple

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

kendraschaefer

Added by kendraschaefer

Longmen Grottoes

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

travelerwillem

Added by travelerwillem

Ming Dynasty Tombs

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Added by aerialdomo

Tianshui, China

Maijishan Grottoes

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

serflac

Added by serflac

The Forbidden City

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Hanging Temple of Hengshan

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Josh

Rolea Baear, Cambodia

Kampong Chhnang Airport

The abandoned airport is a strangely intact remnant of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime.

placesiam

Added by placesiam

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

Added by NathanRisinger

Kampong Thom, Cambodia

Cambodia Landmine Museum

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Krong Kaeb, Cambodia

King Sihanouk's Seaside Palace

A palace destined to never house a king.

Nichali Ciaccio

Added by Nichali Ciaccio

Krong Battambang, Cambodia

Battambang Bat Cave

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

joshuacarlon

Added by joshuacarlon

Ratanak Mondul, Cambodia

Bamboo Trains

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

Added by mrryanteacher

Kantuot, Cambodia

Preah Vihear Temple

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

leiris

Added by leiris

Krong Battambang, Cambodia

Pepsi Bottling Plant

Abandoned soda factory on a Cambodian roadside in a state of beautiful decay.

michelle

Added by michelle

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Phnom Penh Memorial Stupa

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

atimian

Added by atimian

Phumi Khna Rôngvoas, Cambodia

Kbal Spean

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

leiris

Added by leiris

Krong Battambang, Cambodia

Well of Shadows

A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

michelle

Added by michelle

Krong Kaeb, Cambodia

Kep-Sur-Mer

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

Nichali Ciaccio

Added by Nichali Ciaccio

Kampot Province, Cambodia

Bokor Hill Station

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

serflac

Added by serflac

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Added by elsie4LC

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Istana Nurul Iman

1800 rooms of single-family residence in Brunei.

JBHewlett

Added by JBHewlett