More snakes on a plane
First there was the movie then there was snakes loose on an Air India plane and now its Qantas turn to have a few snakes escape in their cargo hold. Apparently four non poisonous...
Author: Wattsy
Saddam Hussein museum to open in Iraq
The people of Iraq have been through a bit of a bad time of late but the government is doing their best to put the troubles of the past behind them and get on...
Concorde to fly again?
I hope this is not some kind of April fools joke but the Paris Museum of Air and Space is claiming that Concorde will take to the skies again next June at the Le...
Cunard shows off the new Queen Elizabeth
Cunard have recently shown off pictures of their new ship the Queen Elizabeth, to be launched in September 2010. The new Queen will join the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria as Cunard’s flagship...
Boosting tourism with a Giant Squid vs Robot fight
[youtube lfwO6lXOrhc] Some of the first thoughts that come to mind when you think of stereotypical Japanese’s favorite things would be sea creaters, robots and anime. Well this tourism video by the city of...
The Heritage Listed Big Pineapple
When you think about a building that is on the heritage register you probably think of everything else but a huge fiberglass pineapple. Today the Big Pineapple was named on the heritage register in...
Happy Birthday Concorde
[youtube Ro3QVMCG-aY] It’s 40 years since everyone’s favorite supersonic jet first hit the Sky’s, so we found this great British Airways promo video over at youtube that is kind of cool and makes us want to go for...
The Stalin Museum
We like off beat museums at tripandom and there are plenty of them around the world, but very few are dedicated to dictators. One such museum is the Stalin Museum in the city of Gori, Georgia. The museum shows...
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Dating back to 1959 the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has become one of the best-known landmarks in New York City and is one of the 20th century’s most important architectural...
New years at Taipei 101
[youtube e5ZRQ6shy9A] The 101Â floor Taipei 101 is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world and also one of the very few that is transformed into a countdown clock and fireworks display on new...
