It’s time for this weeks Crazy Travel Photo – it’s the Bong Collection shop!
When I first came across this sign, I had to do a double take. Surely, in a country where you can receive the death penalty for being a drug dealer or growing drugs, there would be no way that a shop would be housing only devices used to inhale tonnes of marijuana in one sitting. If you don’t get the death penalty, you might end up in a prison for a couple of decades instead!
But this Crazy Travel Photo was spotted in the city of Jambi, in central Sumatra in Indonesia.
Crazy Travel Photo time!
Obviously, the Bong Collection shop sells shoes and clothes, but sometimes things don’t translate well into English too well. Just to make sure, I walked past the window to take a peek inside, and yes this was definitely a fashion and clothes shop. No sign of a bong anywhere (not even Doctor Bong), let alone a collection.
However, this Crazy Travel Photo probably does have a feasible explanation.
I have a feeling that this business is owned by someone Chinese, because ‘Bong’ is the Chinese name for ‘King’, and the inclusion of a crown on the Bong Collection sign would seem to back this potential theory up.
I tried looking for a ‘Munchie Collection’ shop nearby as I thought this would make sense after one had visited the Bong Collection shop, but I had no luck. Oh well. I still had a good chuckle at this photo!
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My all time favorite was a Chinese restraunt I saw in Denver. It was called “You Chow Now”
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wondering what kind of chinees food they serve … 😀 I want to visit that resto
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Yeah they have very impressive stuff, but I really had a big problem communicating with them! I wanted this amazing canvas shoe i saw online that they had, but they just kept bringing the wrong one!!
Funny! I’ve seen Bong shops in the U.S., but that was a loong time ago.. lol
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The Bong Collection is my favorite store of all time. We have a bunch of those stores in Colorado only they are called “dispenseraries”
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LOL, good one.
This one is great, the irony is that the shop owner probably doesn’t has a clue about all this.
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Love it! My favorite when traveling around Asia a few summers ago was a restaurant called Tai Mai Shu. Great food though!
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haha something lost in translation apparently. Indonesian cuisine is amazing though. Now i want to know what they serve there!
I love finding the little things that dont translate well from one language to another … like bong shop… One of the perks of travelling.
Excellent! Just wondering if I could have a look at the Bong Collection?
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This is amusing! I too have a small collection of confusing and amusing photos from various cities. I have a lot from China. 🙂
How I wish I have a lot of opportunity to travel to places and be able to capture some unique moments, beautiful scenes and weird stuff. That’s the beauty of bringing a camera while you’re traveling.
Interesting indeed. The real awesome things about travel photography is that you can capture so many types of photos and with a wide range.
Haha! That reminds me of the time my girlfriends and I ate at a place called Long Dong’s. Oh, don’t worry… good humor was definitely not lacking that night.
It is quite funny but I admire how did you learned the world Bong. That is new to me. Now I know that Bong is King in English.
Can’t actually say I ever seen one of those in South Carolina. Can only imagine if they had one. Line down the street.
just what i needed a bong and some high fashion shoes in one stop
This reminds me of a crude signage I saw in Thailand a couple of years back — “Please don’t BLACK the driveway.” Amusingly enough, folks joined in and added, i equally crude writing underneath — “Yellow;” “Red;” “White.” Funny, isn’t it? 🙂
Yeah I think Bong Collection own by a Chinese this is an old shop