# @afpphoto on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddv4PpMjDUi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70966511-afpphoto-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-26T11:00:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AFP Photo (@afpphoto) — https://gondola.cc/afpphoto

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Welcome aboard the Costa Serena, the Asian Games floating hotel⁣
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Mongolian athletes dig into a buffet including mozzarella made by an expert, an aroma steam bath awaits its next visitor and competitors saunter across the carpeted floor.⁣
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Welcome on board the Costa Serena, the cruise ship with a capacity of nearly 4,000 people serving as a floating hotel for Asian Games participants in Japan.⁣
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The continent's premier sports event has made headlines for the wrong reasons, with teams complaining about a general shortage of rooms and buses that don't turn up when they should, and sometimes not at all.⁣
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In a break from previous Games, organisers in Aichi-Nagoya did not construct a traditional athletes' village in order to save money. Instead, the more than 17,000 athletes and officials -- a greater number than the Olympics -- are staying in hotels, temporary wooden units and on the Italian-flagged Costa Serena.⁣
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Cruise ships have been used to house athletes at sports events before, but not on this scale. Games organisers say it could be a template for future multi-sports competitions.⁣
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📸 mrasfan⁣
#AFPPhoto

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