I often wondered if polar explorers are crazy. Why? Just imagine being tent bound in a cramped up space for an entire year. Seeing the same faces and listening to the same voices for twenty four hours and 365 days. Recently, researchers studied a...
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When I first heard the name sky villa, I was wondering if this is some kind of space age home literally floating in the sky. But no, I was wrong. Hugh Hefner Sky Villa is yet another bigtime party place in the heart of Las Vegas.
Designed...
Searching for the most isolated place on the planet is becoming more and more of a problem. An island with a population of just fifty seems unlikely in today's world, but it does exist.
Add to that the fact that the local population are the...
Off the coast of California, lies the Santa Catalina island. The island is about 22 miles long and 8 miles wide. It is basically used as a tourist hotspot. People go down to the island to enjoy a weekend of camping and outdoors. The camping here is...
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G.A.P Adventures, the largest adventure travel company in Canada is offering an eight day travel experience to take you to the footsteps of the Buddha. It's a tour cum pilgrimage that will take travelers to the places that are...
Is that a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Charles Simonyi(a software billionaire), trying to practice some superman like moves during his space training. He is a space tourist. Like him, there are many others who are trying to book their space tours as...
Will you believe me, if I say Taj Mahal (the marble monument to love) is floating on River Thames? Yes, this is true, but it is not the real Taj Mahal, it's the mini replica of it. The Thames Taj is the name given to this 68 meter replica and is...
Petra, which is recently chosen as one of the world's top architectural marvels, has been a popular tourist destination since long. Now, as it is picked up as one of the New Seven Wonders of the world, it is expected to draw large number of...
How about swimming in a pool that floats? Yes, you have read it correctly, the floating swimming pool also known as Badeschiff (bathing ship), the brainchild of Ann Buttenwieser gives you the opportunity to be in water on water.
The floating pool...
Imagine the horizon in the distance basked in the evening sunset. You are standing on a deck of a cruise ship enjoying the margarita mix, the glamorous ladies around you and the cool breeze of the ocean. If you are thinking or actually dreaming of...
From thirty thousand feet in the air when the KLM airbus was passing over the Lake Baikal, I wondered how it is down there. Baikal is a place of Wonder. It's a place where you get mountains, forests, cheerful and hospitable people and some wild...
The wait is over and the results are announced. The new Seven Wonders of the World are here to stand tall, giving you the most spectacular of sight as they take you for a journey back through the time line.
The competition, which was the brainchild of...
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Patrick Blanc's Vertical Gardens is the hot new trend in gardening. The lush wall plantings, which are often several stories tall, require no soil and come equipped with a self-sufficient watering system. The vertical garden could...
Luxury travel is probably not the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Amtrak. But soon the passengers will get the luxury service while they board the train. To increase the rider-ship and provide luxurious service to the...
Do you want to buy an antique cave house? Yes I do have an option for you as buying this exclusive unique cave home will fulfill your wish of a 'dream house'.
Situated in the county Worcestershire near Wolverley the home, 'Rock Cottage' was last...
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