Designer Aaron Koblin has used flight data from the US Federal Aviation Administration to produce this rather interesting video.
I expect many of you reading have probably experienced a Jacuzzi in an exotic location before, but I doubt many of you can top this… a Jacuzzi on the top of Mont Blanc. These crazy people last month ascended Mont Blanc at night, assembled their ‘Jaccuzzi’ at the summit, melted some fresh snow and […]
The founder of the World Toilet Association is to live in a luxury loo. Sim Jae-Duck’s 419 square metre concrete and glass home Suweon, 40 kilometres south of Seoul, is lavatory-shaped building. The house has two bedrooms, two guest rooms and, of course, four toilets, one of which is situated in a showcase bathroom […]
It’s Friday afternoon, so time to unwind a little. How good to you think you are at telling a fake Prada wallet from the real thing… can you spot the knock-off?
On 29th August 2007, La Tomatina – arguably the world’s biggest food fight – will get underway at Buñol, near Valencia, Spain. Here’s some footage from last year’s event:
Britain needs to brace itself for a duck invasion! Some 29,000 ducks have been on a luxury trip of a lifetime for the past 15 years and are expected to wash up on the Cornish coastline very soon. Back in 1992, they fell overboard from a container ship that was travelling from China to […]
Last weekend saw the start of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona. This 9-day long event controversially centres upon the famous ‘running with the bulls’ spectacle each morning. Only a small percentage of those that run are female. And now it’s being reported by Reuters that the women of Pamplona are feeling left out […]
I’ve been a bit slow on the uptake with Facebook. Although I had heard about it some time back, having previously tried out MySpace and not been all that impressed, I was a little hesitant about joining another social networking site. However, Facebook doesn’t appear to focus only on teenagers with nothing better […]
A fun commercial for Hiltl in Zurich.
A fun commercial from Budweiser on one of the differences between Spain and the US.
Mr. Bean visits France for his 2007 holiday… oh, I’ve just got to see this!
Since it’s April Fool’s Day, I thought I’d share this little piece of tourism-related practical joking with you all!
At Heathrow Airport, off-duty England stars Michael Owen and Theo Walcott have this morning unveiled the latest solution to the team’s recent dip in form. The English FA have purchased and customised an Airbus A380, complete with its own 5-a-side AstroTurf playing surface inside. This huge, state-of-the-art plane will offer the ultimate environment to ensure […]
Two different-but-similar advertisements based around a common theme: airport security. Enjoy!
On boarding a flight at Milan’s Malpensa Airport last year, I was taken aback by what happened. Whilst I was speaking to a stewardess about getting a child seat beat for our younger son when suddenly I got an almighty “THWACK!” on the side of the head. A half second passed whilst I tried to […]
A light-hearted look at the recently re-designed Hotel Glymur, 45 minutes drive from Reykjavik in Iceland.
