Been a while since we had a photo thread.
Been busy, but still snapping photos. Here goes.
#1 - Bone rooms
In France, when you're buried, your plot is only for 50 years. If your family [because obviously you can't ;)] doesn't renew it, you're dug up, and [literally] tossed under the cemetary in the tunnels below. This still happens today - there are some really grim cemetaries with bodies + hair and clothes chilling underground. Try not to get caught, "grave robbing" is a very real offense...
#2 - Toronto .. huuh?
40m under a frozen toronto lies an equally frozen and ridiculously complicated network of tunnels. Fashioned over the entire length of downtown, each tunnel runs for kilometers, with dead stops at both ends, but another tunnel running perpendicular to it, above. Some are finished, others are still being made - there are mini trains for moving things around, and massssive 15 - 20m tall icicles that crash down randomly to try to kill you as you cross the frozen bridge over the underground mud river... very indiana jones.
#3 - Canal Saint Martin, Paris
Just some pano shots of this amazing underground canal.
#4 - Paris Metro, line 13
#5 - Abandoned Metro, Paris ??
Lovely abandoned metro
the station is abandoned, but to one end there are very active offices - but if you can sneak in, it's worth it for what they contain.. 12AM tonight I snuck up, checked under and over the door to make sure there was noone, popped open the door, and a very startled woman walked out of the office to have a cigarette. She asked me [in french, bear in mind] what the fuck was I doing.
I said: no problems - I'm australian, and read in my tour book that there was this station here. It's amazing, isn't it?
In fact, on the wall of the station here are two murals / ancient adverts from the 1930's - which still exist in perfect condition, unlike the rest of the station.
The lady was rather puzzled, and then finally asked me if I'd like to wash my face, as I was covered in soot. I did, thanked her, and walked out of the office :D
Hurrah for france.
With some secret surprises:
Been busy, but still snapping photos. Here goes.
#1 - Bone rooms
In France, when you're buried, your plot is only for 50 years. If your family [because obviously you can't ;)] doesn't renew it, you're dug up, and [literally] tossed under the cemetary in the tunnels below. This still happens today - there are some really grim cemetaries with bodies + hair and clothes chilling underground. Try not to get caught, "grave robbing" is a very real offense...
#2 - Toronto .. huuh?
40m under a frozen toronto lies an equally frozen and ridiculously complicated network of tunnels. Fashioned over the entire length of downtown, each tunnel runs for kilometers, with dead stops at both ends, but another tunnel running perpendicular to it, above. Some are finished, others are still being made - there are mini trains for moving things around, and massssive 15 - 20m tall icicles that crash down randomly to try to kill you as you cross the frozen bridge over the underground mud river... very indiana jones.
#3 - Canal Saint Martin, Paris
Just some pano shots of this amazing underground canal.
#4 - Paris Metro, line 13
#5 - Abandoned Metro, Paris ??
Lovely abandoned metro
the station is abandoned, but to one end there are very active offices - but if you can sneak in, it's worth it for what they contain.. 12AM tonight I snuck up, checked under and over the door to make sure there was noone, popped open the door, and a very startled woman walked out of the office to have a cigarette. She asked me [in french, bear in mind] what the fuck was I doing.
I said: no problems - I'm australian, and read in my tour book that there was this station here. It's amazing, isn't it?
In fact, on the wall of the station here are two murals / ancient adverts from the 1930's - which still exist in perfect condition, unlike the rest of the station.
The lady was rather puzzled, and then finally asked me if I'd like to wash my face, as I was covered in soot. I did, thanked her, and walked out of the office :D
Hurrah for france.
With some secret surprises:
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