satire
Foreign travel is parody waiting to happen, even if you're the butt of the joke.
Ms. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Adults.
If you are like me...then you spent your childhood lost in the metaphorically amazing and wonder-filled many rooms of Ms. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. If you are like me...then you spent a lot of your time trying to find the way to the world of the "UN-PECULIAR"... instead of just accepting and enjoying the many virtues of your charming gift of peculiarity...
By Novel Allenabout a month ago in Wander
A Day in...Hamilton?. Honorable Mention in Twenty-Four Hours Challenge.
You don’t go to Hamilton; you end up there. I looked over the notes for this Challenge, and I realized that I would have to choose a place that I know too well. Tokyo was a temptation, as was the East End of London, Queens, New York, and a place called Ontario, California (strange to know that there is another Ontario out there). But no, I had to pick something close to me; a place that I cannot escape from.
By Kendall Defoe about a month ago in Wander
Hanging Gardens of Babylon Review
**⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3/5) — “Beautiful, but scientifically frustrating.”** Visited the Hanging Gardens of Babylon hoping to document and collect samples of rare and possibly extinct plant species. Left with admiration, confusion, and exactly three labeled specimens, two of which may just be weeds. One looks like cannabis and the other -- nettle, but I need to do some tests to be sure.
By Lana V Lynx4 months ago in Wander
The Hanging Gardens of Bullshit. Formerly known as, Babylon. 👎
⭐☆☆☆☆ (1/5) For years we wanted to visit the beautiful gardens. For years to come, we'll be haunted by the memory. Don't waste your time or blood on this hell hole. The only ‘wonder’ to experience is how to get your money back. And the cure…Be warned, the surrounding waters are cesspools of filth! Undrinkable! Un-swimmable! Putrid! They completely reek of cholera and dysentery! And I swear I saw a severed hand float by. *If you really want to see for yourself, make sure and take an extra suitcase filled with bottled water. You’ll thank me later...The landscape and structure were okay. That's Until you get close enough to see all the ‘Caution’ and ‘Forbidden Entry’ signs. The gardens themselves are fake as shit! Straight up plastic! Supposedly, recycled plastic. Like that makes any difference...The only food venue — a hotdog stand. I mean, it was tolerable if you consider lizard-on-a stick and chocolate covered scorpions gourmet. They didn't even sell hotdogs even though the sign clearly said, 'Hot Dog Stand'! Oh, and beware of the attendant who served us. Although courteous, that man has gotta be possessed or something. His eyes kept rolling into the back of his head.The only thing this ghost-town-of-a wonder really attracts (or maybe, creates) are mutant mosquitoes. I actually thought they were weird hummingbirds until you see what you think is a beak, is actually a 2-inch syringe coming right at ya. I’m pretty sure we all contracted malaria. Except for Thomas, our teenage son. His under-arm odor apparently radiates a natural repellant. They left him alone. I gave the gardens one star. Although a waste of money, it got us out the house for a few days. And for some weird reason my wife now wants to breed lizards. I told her only if she doesn't make them for dinner. They were delicious, though and really do taste like chicken.But still, I'm sticking with one star.
By Lamar Wiggins4 months ago in Wander
Temple of Artemis at Euphesus Review
⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3/5) — “Impressive scale, gaping lack of technical clarity.” Last week, visited the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus with the explicit goal of studying construction methods and structural logic. Also, as a rising senior in an architectural school, hoped to land an internship. Left with admiration, a notebook full of unanswered questions, and no internship.
By Lana V Lynx4 months ago in Wander
Colossus, did you say?
Colossus, did you say? Likened to Helios? Perhaps it was one of the nymphs who made you weak in the knees, possibly with just one kiss. I can attest to having that effect on men. Here’s where we get into trouble—I’m accustomed to weak knees revealing the colossus, not collapsing it. Nevertheless, being sold as scrap metal must have been a blow to your ego.
By Harper Lewis 4 months ago in Wander
The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon ⭐☆☆☆☆ (1/5) — “A Weed Covered Brutalist Construction”
Introduction This is for Lana V Lynx's "Ancient Wonder, Modern Review" Challenge, which you can check out here: The music is, of course, "Hanging Garden" by The Cure
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Wander
