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Abandoned ‘New World’ shopping mall is overrun with catfish

Travel and food writer/chef Jesse Rockwell snuck into an abandoned shopping mall in the old town of Bangkok, Thailand, last year after learning it had been transformed into an “urban aquarium” filled with thousands of catfish and koi. Locals discourage people from visiting, but Rockwell was able to snap these gorgeous, surreal photos and share them with the world.

Travel and food writer/chef Jesse Rockwell snuck into an abandoned shopping mall in the old town of Bangkok, Thailand, last year after learning it had been transformed into an “urban aquarium” filled with thousands of catfish and koi. Locals discourage people from visiting, but Rockwell was able to snap these gorgeous, surreal photos and share them with the world.

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