American Misadventures - May 2016

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mookster

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Over the course of my trip I seemed to visit a few sites in a row that I don't think warrant their own threads, weirdly almost all at the halfway point of my trip. So here they are...

First up, a massive church in the middle of a ghetto (again), sadly I only managed a few shots in here as my friend who was on look-out duty outside texted me to tell me that there was a police car circling the block the church was on so to get out ASAP. A real shame as it's a spectacular church just sitting there going to waste.

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This was a farmhouse we were tipped off about on our way back from another location, now those who have known me a few years know about the incident I had in Belgium with a crazy farmer and his crazy wife back in 2013, which basically put me off doing farmhouses for life. In an attempt to rid myself of the horrible feeling I get whenever I step foot near an abandoned farm I went for this, but after fifteen minutes or so I simply had to leave. I got the shots I wanted, which was good, but I really don't like farmhouses.

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Next up a revisit of a revisit, I've now been to this particular power plant three times - it's one place that like Tone Mills I never ever get tired of shooting as the decay is so beautiful. I was so sad to see it had been tagged up more especially considering it's very remote location a mile walk down an overgrown dead-end footpath.

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Last up in this little mix of locations is a place I like to call 'Hotel Grand Disappointment'. It looked fantastic from the overhead and external views, a big old abandoned resort with buildings resembling a swimming pool, ballroom etc etc. So we turn up to this almost ghost town in the middle of nowhere that only seems to have a fuel station and lumber yard open and make our way up the hill to the hotel...and my god what a tip. It turned out to have been bought by Best Western not long before it closed down, they had ripped out everything that wasn't accomodation and turned every single building into carbon-copy hotel room after hotel room. Add into that mix a good deal of decay, trashing and stripping and it really wasn't the best place ever. We ran around it for half an hour grabbing a few handheld shots before leaving a little disheartened, but not for long as our day was about to turn into a spectacular success...

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Thanks for looking, normal service will be resumed soon :p
 
The church is nice, I like the ornate detailing. The Power Plant is okay. The farmhouse is nice, lovely big rooms, a nice big kitchen but crappy wallpaper. The hotel? oh boy, that is one boring hotel. Best Western try to revamp their hotels whenever they take-over them but sadly fail. Their rooms have no character and nothing welcoming, as in this one.
 
...now those who have known me a few years know about the incident I had in Belgium with a crazy farmer and his crazy wife back in 2013, which basically put me off doing farmhouses for life.

What happened? Is there a thread I can read the story on?
 
The Church is beautiful, the farm I want, the power plant interesting and I've stayed I in worse hotels, Thanks Mook
 
What happened? Is there a thread I can read the story on?

Long story short we were ambushed and threatened with a wooden pole, shot at, had our car tyres slashed and ended up having to call the police for our own safety.
 
Long story short we were ambushed and threatened with a wooden pole, shot at, had our car tyres slashed and ended up having to call the police for our own safety.

Wow! And all because you were taking photographs. All they had to do was to ask you (politely) to remove yourself from these premises.
 
Thats a fantastic collection there bud - each one of them could have had there own report and is very special in there own way - the church was magnificent.
 
Loving this round up, what an adventure. The church at the start is my fave!
Thanks for sharing :)
 

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