Bizarre Tourist Destinations: San Pedro Prison, Bolivia
The San Pedro Prison Tour in Bolivia is one of the most bizarre ways to spend your holiday. Hosted by inmates and corrupt guards, the tours are usually done by calling ahead at the prison and posing as an inmate’s family member. As one of the most dangerous and bizarre prisons in the world – where stabbings are pervasive, inmates rent accommodation, run their own businesses and can live with their families – the tour is filled with intriguing and disturbing discoveries.
Aside from visits to cells and the infamous swimming pool where many prisoners have been killed, the most bizarre part of the tour is the opportunity to take cocaine. The cocaine is produced onsite and sold at low prices, which explains the overnight tourist parties that sometimes occur.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpPhwmgWok8
Bizarre Tourist Destinations: Haw Par Villa, Singapore
The Haw Par Villa is a theme park in Singapore that houses over 1000 statues and 150 dioramas representing Chinese myths, folklore and legends. The park was built in 1937 by two brothers and was intended to teach illiterate villagers about traditional Chinese values. Most interestingly, some of the statues include gruesome depictions of hell and the consequences of immoral behavior.
This is the first in a two part post on bizarre tourist destinations. See the second part here, four of the weirdest tourist destinations.
