Inspiration • November 2013
Six quirky souvenirs
Do you have a habit of finding unusual gifts to bring home from your travels? Great, us too! Here are The Club’s favourite unlikely souvenirs...
Prague: dolls with a difference
Don’t expect the traditional matryoshka figures from the Russian doll vendors along Prague’s Royal Way, instead pick up a set of Tiger Woods, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber - even President Obama.
Qatar: gold bar Qatari style
A visit to the Middle East might conjure images of exotic spices, perfumes and cultural trinkets, but at the Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar, they are celebrating a more modern aspect of the city’s culture with USB computer mice in the shape of gold bars.
Los Angeles: pink rubber duck
Bring a bit of the Pink Palace’s legendary luxury to your own home with a pink rubber duckie from the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Tokyo: 3D personalised figurine
Fab Cafe in Tokyo are giving ground-breaking 3D printer technology a kitsch touch by allowing customers to make 3D personalised figurines out of plastic, gummy sweets or chocolate.
New Zealand: kiwi spoon
For some, kiwi fruit can be notoriously difficult to eat. Luckily, living in the ‘kiwi fruit capital of the world’ has given those clever New Zealanders an idea, and they have designed a special spoon to give hapless tourists a helping hand. The kiwi spoon has a spoon at one end and a serrated edge at the other, meaning you can slice and spoon your kiwi on the go.
Bolivia: magic potions
Head to Calle Linares in the old town of La Paz to find El Mercado de las Brujas, the Witches’ Market. Here you’ll find all sorts of potions, talismans and spells available and the stallholders happy to reveal the secrets of Bolivia’s traditional animism beliefs.
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