Category: TRAVEL

June 22, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Orsos: The Moveable Floating Island

Orsos: The Moveable Floating Island

Orsos Islands is a luxury floating island that has the ability to be moved and re-anchored. While it has the vague resemblance of a boat, it’s more of a fancy platform than anything. Orsos Islands is the brainchild of Gabor Orsos and his Austrian-based company has begun manufacture of the prototype in Germany and…

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June 21, 2012 at 4:37 pm

Picture of the Day: An Illuminated Snow Tunnel in Russia

picture at the start of a 1km long snow tunnel with person facing camera lighting up the tunnel with a fire torch

AN ILLUMINATED SNOW TUNNEL IN RUSSIA Photograph by Michael Zelensky In this incredible photograph by Michael Zelensky, we see the entrance to an amazing snow tunnel that’s almost a kilometer long. Michael says the tunnel is located under snow fields in the deep ravines at the end of the summer thaw (translated…

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June 21, 2012 at 10:03 am

The Supertrees of Singapore

head on shot from the ground of the singapore supertrees at the gardens of the bay

As part of Singapore’s redevelopment and new downtown area at Marina Bay, the sprawling 250-acre Gardens by the Bay is an incredible public space with gardens, bridges, skywalks, parks and plants. The green development has been proclaimed a ‘horticultural heaven’. The attractions garnering the most buzz are the two massive climate-controlled biomes called…

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June 18, 2012 at 5:05 pm

Picture of the Day: Glass Bottomed Cantilever Pool in Shanghai

view from below looking up at the 24th floor glass bottomed pool that overhangs the street at the holiday inn in shanghai china

GLASS BOTTOMED CANTILEVER POOL IN SHANGHAI Located at the Holiday Inn in Shanghai, China (Pudong Kangquiao), this dramatic swimming pool 24 floors up has a glass bottom that overlooks the street below. The cantilever pool is 30 meters long (98.5 ft) with a comfortable section of the pool that remains inside…

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June 18, 2012 at 3:27 pm

The Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa in Iceland

wide angle shot of the blue lagoon geothermal spa in iceland at night

Located a mere 40 minute drive from the Reykjavik city center, the Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa is one of Iceland’s most visited sites with more than 400,000 visitors annually. It was recently voted ‘the best medical spa worldwide’ by Conde Nast Traveller and recognized as one of National Geographic’s 25 ‘wonders of the…

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June 17, 2012 at 9:56 pm

Picture of the Day: The Largest Waterfall in Europe

man standing next to Dettifoss waterfall in vatnajokull national park iceland the largest waterfall in europe

THE LARGEST WATERFALL IN EUROPE Photograph by Tim Bekaert Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajokull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the most powerful waterfall in Europe [Source]. It is situated on the Jokulsa a Fjollum river, which flows from the Vatnajokull glacier and collects water from a…

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June 16, 2012 at 11:03 am

Travel Posters for People Staying at Home

Travel Posters for People Staying at Home

Caldwell Tanner from College Humor put together this series of travel-themed posters for people that aren’t going anywhere but downstairs for food. Sure visiting a land of natural beauty like Iceland sounds great and seeing aurora borealis is probably a rewarding experience, but Tanner somehow manages to make surfing the Internet, watching an entire…

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June 15, 2012 at 5:04 pm

Picture of the Day: Japanese Tea Plantation Near Mount Fuji

rolling fields of a japanese tea field near mount fuji in shizuoka japan

JAPANESE TEA PLANTATION NEAR MOUNT FUJI Photograph via 94svtcobra on Reddit Unfortunately I am short on information about this lovely picture that shows a tea plantation in Shizuoka, Japan as Mount Fuji looms in the background. I tried a reverse image search on Google and Tineye but it did not lead to…

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June 13, 2012 at 5:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting

Picture of the Day: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING Photograph by China Foto Press On June 9, a grand martial arts performance was staged to celebrate China’s seventh Cultural Heritage Day in Tagou Wushu School in central China’s Henan Province. In 2005, the Chinese government established a national ‘Cultural Heritage Day’ to be celebrated annually on…

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June 12, 2012 at 5:08 pm

The Skywalkers of Shanghai

The Skywalkers of Shanghai

Recently featured on Behance’s Photography Served, an artist by the name of Blackstation posted an incredible series of images entitled, ‘The Sky City: The Jin Mao Tower and SWFC‘. Featured are two of Shanghai’s most iconic skyscrapers, the Jin Mao Tower (421 meters/1380 ft tall) and Shanghai World Financial Center (492 meters/1614 ft tall).…

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