All the World in Vietnam
We're still pretty sure that the Japanese win the prize for recreating the largest number of world tourist attractions at home, but a current festival in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City is giving the Japanese a good run for their money. The Wonders of the World exhibition being held until February 25 at HCMC's Zoo and Botanical Garden features miniature versions of half the world.
Some 30 tonnes of steel and thousands of lanterns and lights have been used to recreate sights like the Great Wall of China, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and (of course) the Eiffel Tower, along with some local Vietnamese sights like the One-Pillar Pagoda and the beautiful Halong Bay. Scales for the models vary from 1:10 to 1:30, so you should still get a good image of what you're not seeing. Or, of course, you could go to Vietnam and see the country itself.
[Photo: jenijen]
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