Showing posts with label Pictures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pictures. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Funny Car Accidents






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Saturday, May 24, 2008

15 (More) Of The Coolest Hotel Suites In The World

15 (More) Of The Coolest Hotel Suites In The World



15 (More) Of The Coolest Hotel Suites In The World

There are two reasons that you would want to visit one of the most amazing hotel suites in the world. The first is that you want to be able to tell everyone you know that you stayed in one of the coolest hotel suites on the planet. The second is because the luxury of these places is worth the price tag that's attached. Both of these reasons for seeking out best-of-breed hotels can be satisfied in one fell swoop by booking into any of the following rather impressive rooms. But there's something that you should know first; you could get really used to living like this and you might not want to come home!

Monday, April 7, 2008

Great Train Journeys of the World

clipped from: www.telegraph.co.uk
Switzerland: The Bernina Express

This takes you over the highest rail summit in the Alps – 7,405 feet up

The Bernina Express train in Switzerland from Chur to Tirano in Italy crossing the Brussio viaduct

Canada: Rocky Mountaineer Vacations

Rocky Mountaineer, Bow River by Lake Louise, Alberta

South Africa: Rovos Rail

Now regarded as superior to the Blue Train

Rovos Rail

Observation cars allow unrivalled views across the bush

The Rovos Rail, luxurious train travelling between Cape town and Pretoria

Russia: Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express

The world’s longest train journey at nearly 6,000 miles

provides comfort unknown since Tsarist times

Golden Eagle Train on the Trans-Siberian Express Route

South East Asia: Eastern & Oriental Express

1,262-mile journey from Bangkok to Singapore

The Eastern & Oriental Express travelling between Singapore and Butterworth

North America: California Zephyr

The Amtrak trip on the California Zephyr runs through the heart of the Rocky Mountains

Amtrak's California Zephyr in the Rockies on its journey from Chicago to San Francisco

Great Britain: Northern Belle

The Flying Scotsman used to be the way to see the Scottish Highlands. Now there's another – the Northern Belle

Northern Belle enroute between Fort William and Mallaig

Europe: Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express near Lake Leman, Switzerland

Japan: The Shinkansen

The Bullet Train