Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts

Sunday, May 17, 2009

British Nights

Cardiff At Night
by Maciej Dakowicz


Hungry: Nightclubbers enjoy fast food amid mounds of rubbish after a night on the town


Benched: A woman holds court with four friends


Just resting: One party-goer slumps against the wheel of a police van


Get a room: A kilted man and his lover share a kiss among the burger wrappers


Pretty in pink: A reveller hikes up his skirt and hops over a barrier during a late night out


Soft landing: This rugby fan takes a tumble into a pile of discarded take-away cartons


Midnight snack: A punter enjoys some late night food, but his friend seems exhausted by the very thought of it


Oh what a night: This dustbin seems the perfect place to catch your breath on a rowdy night out


Forty winks: One man picks a spot for a nap - right next to an overflowing dustbin


Wake up! A woman tries to rouse a sleeping man


Late debate: Two young women huddle together in a draughty-looking bus stop


The leaning tower of rubbish: A man carefully balances a pizza box on top of an overflowing bin


Golden days: There's no age limit on a night out


Bloodied: An injured man staggers across the street


Ending in tears: A girl consoles her friend as they perch on a littered pavement


How do I look? Two men enjoy a show from a scantily-clad clubber in the early hours


Not so innocent: Two girls dressed in Heidi-style outfits take a breather while the police look on


She's got some front: A hen party gets saucy for the camera


First aid: A bleeding reveller is tended to on the street


Pub crawl: A man makes unsteady progress as he crosses the filthy pavement

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Mecca

















Bali

Where is Bali?


Why go there?







But beware

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Biggest Water Fountains in the World

As you are aware, Dubai has the world's only 7-star hotel (Burj Al Arab) and is building the world's largest amusement/ theme park (Dubailand) and the world's tallest building (Burj tower). Click here for the Dec 2007 post with pictures of all these.

Now comes news that they are building the world's largest fountain next to the world's tallest building.

In May, Emaar Properties unveiled a world-class permanent water fountain project with an integral light and sound show for Downtown Burj Dubai. It will be the world’s largest fountain at over 900 ft (275 metres) in length, equivalent to that of over two football fields and it is about 25 per cent larger than The Fountains at Bellagio in Las Vegas in area. Powerful water nozzles will shoot water sprays to heights of over 500 ft (150 metres), equivalent to that of a 50-story building.

The fountains - which are yet to be named - will feature over 6,600 lights and 50 colour projectors that will create a vibrant visual spectrum of over 1,000 different water expressions by shooting 22,000 gallons of water. The total cost to built this is AED 800 million (US$218 million)! This project is expected to draw over 10 million visitors annually.

The fountain is positioned next to Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, and The Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destinations. As I have said before, these fountains are yet to be named, and a cash prize of $27,225 will be given to the person who suggests the perfect name for this water fountain project.

This fountain project is scheduled to be operational in 2009!

Here are some pictures of what it is expected to look like:













Sunday, June 15, 2008

Brittany from the Sky

The beautiful port of Doelan in Finistere


Concarneau, the large fortified harbor and seaside resort, and its remarkable enclosed city


Le chateau de Nessay


Marine cemetery at Etel


The citadel of Port Louis


La sillon de Talbert, Europe's geological wonder, is a natural sand roadway going through the sea for 3 km


The beach of port Manach


Port Blanc


Le fort de la Latte, is separated from dry land by two passable cracks in Pont-Levis


Tregastel


Lighthouse of Ploumanach


La pointe d'Arradon, in the gulf of Morbihan


Pleneuf val Andre, the little traditional port of Dahouet


La pointe de Trevingnon with its fragile dunes


La presqu'ile de Quiberon with its tall cliffs


Pont Aven


Le Guilvinec


La pointe du chateau


Douarnenez, the ancient port


Mont Saint-Michel, the gateway to Brittany, is a UNESCO world heritage site