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Boosting tourism with a Giant Squid vs Robot fight 0

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 0

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 0

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...

Miss Hissy at Hong Kong airport 0

Miss Hissy at Hong Kong airport

[youtube xbVw7entkxg] We really shouldnt be making fun of this, but it is just too funny. Check out this wonderful hissing fit by a lady at Hong Kong airport recently. She has thrown an...

DisneySea’s BraviSEAmo! 1

DisneySea’s BraviSEAmo!

At the end of a huge day at Tokyo’s Disney Sea the ocean’s come alive with the most spectacular show only Disney could attempt. BraviSEAmo! features fire, fireworks, giant dragons, fountains, boats and of...

Travel pods for Heathrow 0

Travel pods for Heathrow

[youtube epiiPy9kAho] Heathrow airport is one of the world’s busiest and with its five different terminals it can be a nightmare to navigate with sometimes huge distances to travel between flights and to the...

Dine in a A380 without taking off 1

Dine in a A380 without taking off

Recently in the Taiwanese capital Taipei a novel restaurant opened which has caused a bit of interest around the world. Known as the A380 In Flight Kitchen the restaurant is themed as the giant...

The Stalin Museum 1

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...

Frugal Fun in Las Vegas 1

Frugal Fun in Las Vegas

Though Las Vegas still remains one of the top spots for high rollers, with upscale boutiques at the Palazzo Las Vegas, a high-stakes poker room at the Bellagio, and $25,000+ a night suites at...

Penguins come to Melbourne 2

Penguins come to Melbourne

Melbourne Australia is known for it’s Philip Island fairy penguins but now penguins from the Antarctic are finding their home in this great city. A magnificent new exhibit costing $28 million dollars has just...