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Make a splash at Suoi Tien Cultural Amusement Park the next time you’re in Vietnam.<\/p><\/div>\n

By default, theme parks are a bit quirky. Let it be known, though, that some are stranger than others.<\/p>\n

In the United Kingdom<\/a>, there\u2019s Diggerland<\/a>. Dubbed the \u201cultimate adventure park experience,\u201d it allows visitors young and old to (as the name implies) drive full-size construction machinery. Whether you pass the time digging dirt from a six-ton vehicle, survey the scenery from its Sky Shuttle or catch the stunt-driven dancing digger show, strange is exactly what you\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect China<\/a>\u2019s Dwarf Empire to be politically correct\u2014it isn\u2019t. Situated in Kunming and staffed largely by those under four feet tall, it\u2019s where dance performances and sing-a-longs are commonplace, all of them occurring next door to the decidedly more sensitive Butterfly Ecological Park.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile in Ho Chi Minh City<\/a>, Vietnam, you\u2019ll find Suoi Tien Cultural Amusement Park, a Buddhist water slide park with go-karts, rides and plenty of big-bellied statues. Needless to say you\u2019ll be belly-rubbing good luck when navigating the cave of innumerable bats, the boat ride through hell and the bay of crocodiles.<\/p>\n

Should you make it to Love Land<\/a> on Jeju Island, poised off the coast of South Korea<\/a>, leave the kiddos at home: it revolves around 140 saucy, sex-themed sculptures, educational films and hands-on exhibits that elicit guffaws.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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