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View to the bottom of the canyon
A new attraction has opened in the West Rim of Grand Canyon, a about 2 1/2 hours drive from Las Vegas and is sure to be a huge hit with tourists. Its a glass...
Get on board the Horizontal Lift
[youtube JboYJ2j0-OU] What is a “Horizontal Lift” you may ask? Well it a unique subway station design only found in St Petersburg, Russia. St Peterburg’s subway system was built in the late 1950’s when...
I bet you I know whe’ you got yo’ shoes!
Like most hot tourist spots there is always someone out to scam the unwary, well New Orleans is no exception. There’s a troupe of scam artists out and about usually found down riverside or...
Honda’s ASIMO robot on display
[youtube kFgXEkzMq7A] ASIMO the amazing walking robot built by Honda is one of the feature exhibits at the Miraikan Emerging Science Museum in Odaiba the futuristic city in Tokyo Japan. ASIMO or the ‘Advanced...
Cannstatter Volksfest – Stuttgart’s Oktoberfest
Stuttgart is not only the home of Mercedes Benz and Porsche it’s home to the annual Cannastatter Volksfest- the second largest beer festival in Germany (or the world for that matter) after Munich. The...
Geelong – Kings of Aussie Rules Football
Geelong, Australia moments ago became home to the 2007 Australian Rules Football Premiers. Geelong is a beautiful bayside city about an hours drive south west of Melbourne. Only minutes from some of the world’s...
Supersized Snitzels and Beer
[youtube o6MCwxoWNRk] We know what it’s like when you go on holidays, the diet goes out the window, you have a few extra beers and large meals. Well, Check out this restaurant in Hofheim,...
Piss Alley – bad name, ugly lane but great food!
Shomben Yokocho or Piss Alley as it is better known is a interesting collection of small huts and restaurants squeezed between train tracks and the huge Odakyo Department store in Shinjuku Tokyo. It’s not...
Mmmm Tasty Croquettes
Got a few Euro spare change kicking around in your pocket and got the munchies in Amsterdam, well a croquette shop will do the trick. Scattered through the Dutch city are great croquette shops...
