Marlboro Country, Mahatao Church and more from
Batan Island

post from Ivan About Town on 23 January 2009 10:25:00 PM. © Ivan About Town

We enjoyed our tour around Basco in the morning and were looking forward to our afternoon tour of the rest of Batan Island. After lunch, we had time to take a quick nap before our driver passed by for us at the hotel for the tour. Make sure you ask your guide to stopover at Mahatao Church which is a National Cultural Treasure.According to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), ? The church was built in the 19th century by the[...]

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Jorge Chavez International Airport

post from Streets of Lima on 23 January 2009 08:11:00 PM. © Streets of Lima

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Thai Air to Consolidate Hub

post from Thailand Land of Smiles on 23 January 2009 07:47:05 PM. © Thailand Land of Smiles

Since the new airport, Suvarnabhumi, was opened in Bangkok in 2006 Thai Air has used both Suvarnabhumi and, the older, smaller, Don Muang airport for it’s international and domestic flights. The majority of Thai Air’s domestic flights were[...]

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Robert Downey Jr. talks about Japanese
Immigration problems

post from Japan Probe on 23 January 2009 05:25:40 PM. © Japan Probe

Robert Downey Jr. recalls the six-hours he spent detained at Narita Airport when he tried to come to Japan last year to promote “Iron Man” (with a special comment by Brad Pitt about the joys of Japanese toilets at the end of the clip):[via Jason Gray]—-Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)dannychoo.com - Your portal [...]

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Parking Lot Garden

post from Japan Probe on 23 January 2009 05:19:01 PM. © Japan Probe

A video of a parking lot owner in Hiroshima that has created a vegetable garden in one of his parking spaces:The man says that one day he became unsatisfied with the small garden at his house, so he took the one space in his parking lot that was not reserved and turned it into a [...]

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Foreigners do PR work for Japan Tobacco

post from Japan Probe on 23 January 2009 05:09:40 PM. © Japan Probe

Japan Tobacco uses friendly foreigners in its newest commercial about community service projects it participates in:—-Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)dannychoo.com - Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe)

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Japanese comedian attempts part of an Obama
speech (in English)

post from Japan Probe on 23 January 2009 05:08:48 PM. © Japan Probe

Nocchi, the Japanese Obama impersonator that doesn’t use face paint, attempting to say a phrase from President Obama’s inauguration speech: Grade him on his performance: A B C D F View Results —-Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)dannychoo.com - Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe)

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Jetcetera: Shangri-La, Carmel-By-The-Sea &
Austin, TX

post from Gridskipper on 23 January 2009 05:00:00 PM. © Gridskipper

Carmel, California [Flickr/sigma]

·10 getaways especially conducive to cutting all technological ties [MSNBC]
·36 hours spent in Clint Eastwood’s hometown [NYT]
·Austin’s new Hotel Saint Cecelia racks up quite a few cool points [HC]
·Idyllic, romantic retreats for under $250 a night [T+L]
·FAA claims Atlanta as country’s busiest airport for the 4th year in a row [USAToday]
·Shangri-La opens first North American hotel in Vancouver [Globorati]

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Miami’s Epic Hotel Woos Guests from Land
and Sea

Miami officially welcomed its first Kimpton Hotels property this week with the grand-opening of Epic, a 54-floor lodging option located in downtown Miami and less than a mile from the Port of Miami. Though the hotel’s been open for about a month, this week’s celebration comes with an added perk for would-be guests: an [...]

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Fashion Week tickets on sale for AmEx cardholders

Tickets to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week are now on sale - if you’re an American Express cardholder with access to the special entertainment packages.In past years, the VIP packages have sold out quickly. Here’s what’s still up for grabs[...]

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