EXCLUSIVE ALL ROUND>BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands of tilapia fish have invaded an abandoned mall near the tourist hotspot of Khao San Road. SAFETY inspectors have been called in after an abandoned mall became infested with fish. New World Mall in Bangkok, Thailand may have been closed since 1997, but that doesn’t mean it’s not teeming with city life – of a scaly kind. Since it was set ablaze in 1999 the roofless mall began to flood with rainwater. Mosquitos started to breed on the site so locals introduced Africa and Red tilapia fish to control the pests. Pictures by chef and photographer Jesse
EXCLUSIVE ALL ROUND>BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands of tilapia fish have invaded an abandoned mall near the tourist hotspot of Khao San Road. SAFETY inspectors have been called in after an abandoned mall became infested with fish. New World Mall in Bangkok, Thailand may have been closed since 1997, but that doesn’t mean it’s not teeming with city life – of a scaly kind. Since it was set ablaze in 1999 the roofless mall began to flood with rainwater. Mosquitos started to breed on the site so locals introduced Africa and Red tilapia fish to control the pests. Pictures by chef and photographer Jesse Rockwell (30) show how thousands of beautifully coloured exotic fish now live in what was once a shopping Mecca, just moments away from the tourist hotpot of Khao San Road.
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Keywords: abandoned, bangkok, exploration, fish, mall, niloticus, oreochromis, spooky, thailand, tilapia, urban
