Boracay's Ferris Wheel - What a Cock-Up!

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When this bizarre looking contraption arrived on the island last year, people were more than a little surprised. Yet another attempt to turn the island into some kind of Disneyland like theme park (see the Hobbit House for details!) we thought.

It stood in the middle of the mall, lit up like a garish christmas tree, and no doubt cost way more simply to run (without customers) than it has ever made in profit.

So when I passed by the other day and saw it in pieces I was secretly hoping that they had finally seen the light and were going to get it's supreme ugliness out of here. Apparantly not. Due to a malfunction - bearings or something - there was an 'incident' on the wheel recently (frightening half to death those who were riding it and those who were sitting outside the restaurants below it) and it is now being repaired. Damn!

The cars are strewn around the mall making the area look an ugly eyesore, and many business owners wish the owners would just remove it and replace it with something more attractive and suitable. A nice fountain centrepiece, for example, or a bandstand where live music and events could be held.

We can but hope!