Chan Chan Man...

Sticking around Peru this evening, Mr Poll managed to entice another travelling companion Richard to produce this fine pose in imitating, I quote, ‘an old bloke thingy’ in the delightfully named Chan Chan museum. The Chan Chan is an archaeological site, with World Heritage status, featuring the remains of a vast mud city built a few years ago between 850 and 1470. One can only imagine how spectacular the city must have been, given the beauty of some of the remains.

An Ornament in Ollantaytambo…

I thought I’d pay a visit to Peru this evening. A friend, who’s been on this site a few times before, Mr Poll, was travelling around the Sacred Valley area of the country over a year ago, and he managed to persuade some of his travelling companions to get in on the statue imitation act. So tonight we pay homage to fellow travelling companion Lorna. I’m sure Mr Poll mentioned this at the time, but just thought I’d let you know that through being posted on this site international fame and fortune will beckon shortly!…

Anyway, Lorna is stood by her statue in the marvellously named Ollantaytambo! At some 2,800 metres above sea level this could well be one of the highest monuments we’ve featured to date. Sadly, the fading light at the time the pic was taken doesn’t quite do the statue justice, but I have a feeling this is what it looks like in daylight. I believe he is an Inca chief of some sort.

It looks like a pretty damn cool place to visit. Indeed, Peru in general would be a pretty damn cool place to visit.

Strumming Statue Stop-off…

I stumbled upon this fine photo when taking a look around the Stand By Your Statue Facebook group earlier on today. It features A Mr David Sachs stood by a weird guitarist fellow at a tuck stop between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israel! It’s these types of monuments that would otherwise never be bought to the world’s attention if it wasn’t for this silly site.

(It also means adding another county to the big list over there and updating the stats box, which is probably the most exciting thing I’ve achieved today! Expect a few more new countries to be added during the week)

Victor Avec Vics…

Here’s a fantastic monument of the moustachioed Victor Adler in downtown Vienna, featuring an equally fantastic Pollster on imitation duties, using a Vics nasal inhaler in place of facial hair! Some quality ‘tache work all round.