Maybe I have blogged about this before; I am not sure. But it somehow continues to pique my curiosity and prey on the dark recesses of my imagination. It is one of the great mysteries of humankind, as far as I am concerned. Here you have this secretive North Korean government - you know, the one that just kicked observers out for snooping around their nuke plans - that seemingly wants to make some sort of statement about the success of their nation. So they build this crazy huge iconic hotel right smack dab in the middle of the city, so huge it sticks out like some sort of jazzed up intergalactic spaceship. I mean, you cannot miss this thing. A great way to make a statement, eh?
Except for one problem. They never finished this monster. I mean, they got the whole exterior up. Huge amounts of concrete were poured and formed. Hundreds of rooms roughed in. But that's about it - they dropped the ball. Now there is this incredible reminder for everyone who looks skyward: "Our big plans for domestic revival are sundered." Maybe we oughta go spend our money on - oh, I don't know - firing a rocket up into space or something."
And so there this thing sits. An amazing monument to a stimulus program gone horribly wrong. Don't be booking a room anytime soon.
Maybe I have blogged about this before; I am not sure. But it somehow continues to pique my curiosity and prey on the dark recesses of my imagination. It is one of the great mysteries of humankind, as far as I am concerned. Here you have this secretive North Korean government - you know, the one that just kicked observers out for snooping around their nuke plans - that seemingly wants to make some sort of statement about the success of their nation. So they build this crazy huge iconic hotel right smack dab in the middle of the city, so huge it sticks out like some sort of jazzed up intergalactic spaceship. I mean, you cannot miss this thing. A great way to make a statement, eh?
Except for one problem. They never finished this monster. I mean, they got the whole exterior up. Huge amounts of concrete were poured and formed. Hundreds of rooms roughed in. But that's about it - they dropped the ball. Now there is this incredible reminder for everyone who looks skyward: "Our big plans for domestic revival are sundered." Maybe we oughta go spend our money on - oh, I don't know - firing a rocket up into space or something."
And so there this thing sits. An amazing monument to a stimulus program gone horribly wrong. Don't be booking a room anytime soon.
8 comments:
seems so weird!
I had to look this up, I'm not familiar with it. Very weird indeed...what a waste of money' stimulus huh?
I just read the wikipedia article on this. I hadn't heard anything about this before. Looks like somebody went way over budget.
I bet it's quiet and creepy inside. The perfect setting for a movie. Too bad it's where it is.
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