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World: The price of beer in 128 countries
How much will it cost you to shout out “Mine’s a pint!” in pubs around the globe? Well, a new online database of beer prices in 128 countries will provide the answer.
With the price of a pint of beer being a similar economic indicator as the BigMac index, there might be more to it then just finding the best watering hole. Pint Price – as the database is called – provides the most data in beer drinking countries like the UK (more than 50 cities listed), US (more than 20 cities) or Germany (4 cities list) but also more exotic destinations like…
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HDR: Tokyo Gardens (2)
Another shot of an old Japanese Garden in central Tokyo.
This one had huge water features with lots of fish in them. There was something rather peculiar about these fish.
When a person was crossing one of the bridges they…
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HDR: Tokyo Gardens (1)
Tokyo has many outstandingly beautiful parks and gardens. Most of them are only visited by locals and keep their treasures hidden away from tourists. We have seen fields of flowers in bloom, meticulously clipped shrubbery and artificial hills that have got their soft green coverage by centuries of trimming.
Many of these gardens have been more and more confined by the growing sprawl of modern Tokyo but a few larger ones remained. All of them create a strong contrast to their surroundings and…
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Have a look: 2008 dirtiest hotels list
TripAdvisor’s list of the dirtiest hotels does only include hotels in the US and the UK but that is already a good start.
When you look at the traveler photos for the worst 10 hotels for each of the two countries you know why they made the list. We feel sorry for those that ended up in such dumps during their holidays…
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HDR: View from Tokyo Mandarin Oriental
This is an evening view from a room at the Mandarin Oriental in Tokyo.
HDR image created from 9 RAW pictures taken with Nikon D200 12mm F4 1.8 – 30 sec (not photoshopped)
They gave us a really nice room just aside of their best suite hence the fantastic view. On a clear day you can see Mount Fuji in the background and – one thing you should not miss out when in Tokyo – you get the same view from their Sauna and Spa – yes we mean it – from inside their sauna or sitting in a jacuzzi
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A380: High Resolution Cockpit panoramas
In an earlier post last year we pointed you to the great “high resolution interior panoramas” of the A380 by French photographer Gilles Vidal.
Now he has added equally great panoramas allowing you to virtually visit the cockpit of the new A380.
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