Travel Inspired By Michael Jackson : Kathika Travel Website

The big news breaking across the world this week is, of course, that Michael Jackson has died unexpectedly at the age of 50. There aren’t too many corners of the world where Jackson wasn’t well-known; or you might be one of the one million people who bought tickets to the fifty sold-out concerts in London that were meant to start in a couple of weeks. As for me, Thriller was the very first album I ever owned, so there’ll always be something special about Michael Jackson for me and millions of others, too.

If you want to plan something of a Michael Jackson tribute trip around the world, here are a few of the places you might want to stop by:

Visit Madame Tussauds in London to see a pretty realistic looking wax figure of Michael Jackson. Better still, wait until July and that’s the time that Madame Tussauds have been planning to unveil their new Michael Jackson wax figure. Whether the recent news will change this or not is something we’ll have to wait and find out about later, but the plans had been to unveil the “moonwalking Michael Jackson” wax figure next month, after four months of construction time.
Stop by Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara county, California. Neverland was, of course, Jackson’s dream ranch and still includes vineyards, but unfortunately it seems most of the amusement rides Jackson once enjoyed there were removed last year. Perhaps this ranch will become a tourist attraction in future years.
If you’re in Asia, stop by Shanghai in China to visit the local branch of Madame Tussauds and you will already find a special tribute to Jackson. On the very day of his death, staff have already rearranged their exhibition and set up a wax figure of Jackson at the entrance to the museum.
Follow fans to the location of Jackson’s childhood home in Gary, Indianna – since his death, fans have been flocking to this house and lighting candles in a vigil to recognize the occasion, as well as placing gifts there such as flowers or stuffed toys.