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Tucked in comfy in my yotel 0

Tucked in comfy in my yotel

Capsule hotels are all the rage in Japan where space is limited and people just want a place to spend the night. Well some ingenious people have decided to open up a similar style...

The 787 Dreamlier launched tommorow 0

The 787 Dreamlier launched tommorow

Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner will make its premier tomorrow at 3:30pm local time at Everett in Washington State USA. Boeing are expecting over 100 million viewers to watch the largest corporate telecast in history...

It’s blooming lovely my old chap 0

It’s blooming lovely my old chap

The Chelsea Flower show held every May is one of London’s premier events infact it is more than a flower and garden show it is more a society event to be seen at. Everyone...

Won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz 0

Won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz

Stuttgart is the home of Mercedes Benz and in 2006 the company opened what is probably the best automotive museum in the world. This magnificent building is a piece of art as its self...

San Diego Zoo 1

San Diego Zoo

[youtube pZtLUcm_Go8] It’s the 4th of July so today we take a look at one of the worlds best zoos, the San Diego Zoo in Southern California. This zoo has one of the worlds...

Moscow’s Metro System 0

Moscow’s Metro System

[youtube O0r3sosW1nw] The Subway system of Moscow is truly a must see. Mostly built during the Starlin era, the stations are more like museums than subway stations. Many of the Metro stations feature ornate...

Who needs the Qwik-e-mart?  I doooooo 0

Who needs the Qwik-e-mart? I doooooo

This has got to be one of the coolest advertising gimmicks of all time. 7 Eleven and the Simpsons Movie have joined forces to make 12 real Qwik E Marts throughout the USA and...

93 pubs & 100 brothels- they were the days 1

93 pubs & 100 brothels- they were the days

Kalgoorlie lies in Western Australia’s outback 4 hours east of Perth and once was home to 93 pubs and 100 brothels. Today the mining town doesn’t quiet have that number of either, but the...

A tower with no view 0

A tower with no view

It’s usual for large communication towers in the city to be opened up as a tourist attraction for example, the CNN tower in Toronto, Munich Olympic Tower, Sydney Tower etc…. but not in London....

Munich’s  Olympiaturm 0

Munich’s Olympiaturm

The Olympic tower or Olympiaturm rises 290m into the Munich’s sky and offers magnificent views of the Olympia parklands and surrounding city on a clear day you can even see the Alps. Built primarily...