Ayutthaya Floating Market

post from Thailand Travel Blog on 06 July 2010 11:27:33 PM. © Thailand Travel Blog

Last week I took a side trip with some colleagues of mine to the Ayutthaya Floating Market just outside the Ancient City of Ayutthaya. It was a fun side stop, having many places surrounding the water to eat and little shops to gaze. We also took a boat tour throughout the market area that you can enjoy here.

At one end of the market is an elephant stable, where you can arrange for an elephant tour of the Ancient City Historic Park.

You can enjoy more photos of the trip by clicking here?

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Election Night Coverage = Exciting Drama

post from Japan Probe on 06 July 2010 10:11:48 PM. © Japan Probe

Fuji TV’s latest commercial for its 2010 Upper House election night coverage uses some dramatic special effects and the theme song to the police drama series “Odoru Daisousasen“(Bayside Shakedown):The title of the program removes the “sousa” (investigation) from the title of the police drama and replaces it with “senkyo” (election).—Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan [...]

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Video: Landslide in Japan

post from Japan Probe on 06 July 2010 10:03:23 PM. © Japan Probe

Japan is in the midst of its rainy season, and in the last week there have been several instances of very heavy rain. Here is a news video showing how a downpour in Kagoshima prefecture created a sudden waterfall in the middle of a busy road:The video was shot by firefighters who were called [...]

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Image: Lesser Whistling Ducks

post from India Travel Blog on 06 July 2010 09:16:37 PM. © India Travel Blog

At Kanha National Park. These three ducks stood like Buddha, while many others were swimming in the lake. We came back next day to check on them and they were there, at exactly same location standing in exactly same posture. I hope they are not wax[...]

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Escape the heat with a picture

post from the Caffeinated Traveller on 06 July 2010 06:16:06 PM. © the Caffeinated Traveller

The first of the three digit temperatures (100 Farenheit) arrived in Florida a couple of weeks ago and it hurt. This week these hot temperature numbers have found their way north, infiltrating the eastern states in the US, declaring war on overburdened air conditioners and power grids. I’m sure these nasty digits will also be [...]

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Public protests the goverment and central bank in
Iceland today

post from Iceland banking crisis news and more on 06 July 2010 04:26:08 PM. © Iceland banking crisis news and more

Today there where protests again in Reykjavik.
First at 9:30 this morning in front of the govermnet house,and protesters maide noise when the ministers came to the Goverment meeting ,and let them know that they do not have much support these days.
The Goverment has not kept the campaing promise,to thelp the public,and stand by the people.
Icelandic Goverment is helping the financial instituions,and pouring money to them,while the public is going bankrupt.

Then the protesters went to the central bank and protested there again .The Central Bank , is not taking the Supreme Court ruling on illeagal loans by the banks ,and has challenged the Supreme court ruling.
Here is a video from the protest yesterday at the central Bank - and this is not my video .

video details and more

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Las Vegas Travel News 07/06/2010

post from Las Vegas Logue on 06 July 2010 03:35:30 PM. © Las Vegas Logue

More chow on wheels: Fukuburger :: CityBlog :: Las Vegas CityLife BlogsDon't mispronounce this one! So Fukuburger is the newest mobile food vendor in Las Vegas, serving up a variety of burgers. I'm curious to try it … let me know if you get a chance to!Dining al fresco | Las Vegas BlogsThough it's hot [...]

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Eat Your Way Around Arrecife

Over the next two months, visitors to Lanzarote can get a proper taste of the Canaries by visiting[...]

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European travel with a baby: Hiring a car

I’ve got a new Europe travel planning challenge coming up: organising a trip to Germany with my new baby to introduce him to his relatives. At the time of our trip he’ll be about four months old (hopefully an ideal time to travel) and over the next few weeks I’m going to use this experience [...]

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"New South London Line"

What do people actually call the new East London Line? Officially it's all still London Overground. However, in a very jovial speech last night at City Hall, Boris Johnson addressed community groups in Lambeth, Southwark, Merton and Wandsworth and said that East London Line Phase 2 ? will now to be referred to as the ?New South London line'.

From the mood he was in, it was difficult to tell whether he was just playing to the South London audience or if the new part of the line would be called this.

SE1 recorded his speech and he starts talking about transport & the London Underground about six minutes in.

Plans for extension to Northern Line at Battersea Power Station Tour by Tiki Chris
He acknowledged the lack of Tube services South of the river and said: "We have a vision to remedy the gap in provision on the Underground in South London, so we want to extend the Northern Line to Battersea, in fact, we want two new stations for Battersea". He claims this will be paid for by tax increment financing: "We go to the treasury and you allow us to finance this, against the future increment in the business taxes, in taxes that will come into the government as a result in the boom in the business that will be produced in Battersea."

He also mentioned extending the Bakerloo Line to South East London. He's been promising this for quite some time now and the idea was originally mooted in the 1940s. Many Londoners are sceptical as to whether it will ever happen and in his enthusiasm, Boris made no mention as to how this would be financed.

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