Greetings BZFers!
I am now home after my year-long
experience in South East Asia. I had some great experiences, sweated
a lot and learned many important lessons along the way.
As you know, many of these lessons were
valuable preparations for the inevitable Zombie apocalypse. Over the
year my posts have included: South East Asia transport options during
the apocalypse; breakdowns on the different types of Zombies you may
encounter; apocalypse survival lesson from rural fieldtrips; how to
spot patient 0 in transit; Chinese hopping Zombies; and tips on
Zombie-proofing any accommodation.
To wrap up my travel series, I thought
I’d begin by sharing a few random Zombie/apocalypse-related things
I found over the year:
Thing 1: Canned Gas
This can was spotted on one of my first
nights in Phnom Penh and it just seems like the kind of thing that
would be helpful in the apocalypse. I mean, look at Mr Gas. He seems
ready for anything!
Thing 2:
Skinfood
Skinfood is a store in a giant shopping
mall in Phnom Penh. To me, it sounds like the kind of place Zombies
would do their groceries when they can’t manage to find a fresh
human around…
Thing 3: Neck and Neck
This was spotted in the same shopping
mall as Skinfood. The shop is actually full of children’s clothes,
but don’t be fooled – Necks are a classic target areas for
Zombies to bite, so I’m sure they’re behind this façade!
Thing 4: Fly covered corn
During my first fieldtrip in a place
called Kampong Chhnang, we stopped for corn. After demolishing said
delicious corn, flies swarmed my discarded corn shells…admittedly
there were more flies before I whipped my Camera out, but food waste
covered in insects kind of reminded me of the Walking Dead…a scene
of things to come…
Thing 5: Zombie inspired Magic Art
in Bangkok
During a brief trip to Bangkok, I
googled something like ‘Zombies Bangkok’ and found a 3D Art
museum with an awesome Thai horror zone which had many zombie related
pieces:
I tried to do a cool jumping shot with
this, but it was hard with the camera timer. I found a nice Thai lady
to help me, but this was the best we got:
Thing 6: Street of The Dead
(Singapore)
This is one of those times when I did
not seek out Zombie related things – in this case Zombie related
things found me. My first night in Singapore I was casually wandering
around Chinatown and I found this:
Thing 7: Universal Studios
Frankenstein
On a trip to Singapore’s Universal
Studios, I met Frankenstein (the original Zombie) for the second
time. We first became acquainted back in 2012 and I was pretty
excited to see him again in 2015!
2012
2015
Thing 8: Universal Studios Halloween
Horror Nights!
The reason I was in Singapore was
because there was a week long holiday in Cambodia to honour ancestors
(Pchum Ben). But the reason I chose to go to Singapore, over say,
Taiwan or Hong Kong, was because this was happening:
Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) is an
annual Halloween event held at the various Universal Studios around
the world! They spookify the whole park and set-up a bunch of
differently themed haunted houses and Scare-zones. The show started
with an opening SCAREMONY, which helped introduce the event by having
characters from each theme yell at you and stuff. Also there was an
explosion.
The first haunted house I went into was
Hell House! It was super creepy and hot, and included a few random
body parts sticking out of walls and hanging from ceilings. They also
gave us some paper which supposed to be some sort of Spirit world
currency, and one of my main memories of this house was how amusingly
jumpy the girl in front of me was (she tipped me off to the scariest
bits). There was also a Jiang Shi (Chinese hopping Zombie) at the end
with a massive tongue, although I couldn’t capture it due to the no
photo policy.
The second Haunted House I went into
was specifically Singapore themed to celebrate the city’s 50th
birthday. The line to get in was as long as my flight from Phnom
Penh, but the inside was pretty cool - it had lots of security guys
directing you through a Singaporean apartment complex that had been
plagued by a horrible zombie-like disease.
Invaders wasn’t a haunted house but a
‘Scarezone’ which allowed guests to walk through freely and take
pics, etc. It was full of giant scary aliens and wounded human
soldiers. It was a very cool atmosphere and a good alternative to the
Haunted House lines. It was a bit like walking through a live movie
set.
Conterminated was another Scare zone
that was set up to look like an abandoned diseased colony. The piles
of rubbish bags impressed me the most as they looked all too real…
And finally HUNGRY GHOSTS was my
favourite scare zone! It featured the Chinese hopping Zombie, who I
followed around as it stalked the other guests:
I would highly recommend going to a
Halloween Horror Night if you ever find yourself near a Universal
Studios around the end of October! They even had scary themed food:
And also spotted this disturbing
bird-like creature who was on his (?) way to a Halloween themed show.
So there you
have it BZFers! Proof that Zombies can be found all around the world!
So no matter where you end up in this crazy planet of ours, remember
that the Zombies can be lurking under every filthy hostel mattress;
be stumbling through any overly priced tourists sites; or sitting
next to you on a plane/train/tuk tuk or elephant!
Rise against the Risen!
Miss Ace
