A unicorn cafe, a dinosaur theme park, a California hotel with Twin Peaks and Dolly Parton themed rooms, dolls on planes, disappointing attractions and a scale map of China on someone’s terrace. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE. It’s the travel news:
Unicorn café opens in Bangkok
We’ve heard of cat cafes, hedgehog cafes, cafes just selling cereal so it was about time that the latest addition to the themed café craze was of course a unicorn café. The café in Bankok serves lots of rainbow coloured food (including spaghetti) garnished with horn shape adornments. Whatever next?
If you happen to find yourself in Bankok you should probably check it out: facebook.com/unicornbrand
30 feet scale map of China built on terrace
Think you might get bored in retirement? You could copy this retired teacher and build a giant map from the comfort of your own home. The map includes islands off the coast in the South China Sea. Or you could take up golf.
For more on this see: atlasobscura.com
If you love themed rooms, you’ll love this California hotel
A the Hicksville Pines Chalet & Motel in Idyllwild, California you can stay in one of many themed rooms that include Twin Peaks, Christmas, John Waters, Dolly Parton and Dita Von Teese. The Twin Peaks room aka The Great Northern has monochrome zigzag flooring and many other details from the show.
Rooms from $250: hicksville.com
Dinosawesome theme park opens in Utah
This 60-acre theme park has 130 life-sized models, a 3D theatre and a digging area for budding palaeontologists.
Read more here: lonelyplanet.com/news
Man books doll a seat on a plane
If you thought Isla de las Munecas in Xochimico, Mexico (the doll island) was creepy, this guy has taken it up a level. Sky high in fact. A writer Tweeted her experience of sitting next to a man who had booked a seat for his doll.
Read more here: telegraph.co.uk/travel
Stonehenge & Big Ben rank high as most disappointing tourist attractions
According to Trip Advisor users Big Ben, Stonehenge, Uluru, The Golden Gate Bridge and Eiffel Tower rank among the most disappointing sights. Reviews for these famous tourist attractions are hilariously harsh. FYI, we love Stonehenge.
Read more here: independent.co.uk/travel