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Altough AMS may not be as large or as busy as it’s other European counterparts, it is still a favourite among passengers as there are lots of interesting stuff to do.

Schiphol Plaza, a shopping area right before customs, has more than 25 shopping outlets selling books, chocolates, fashion wear, electronics, etc. What’s more, when you purchase non perishable items, you instantly receive a 2 year global warranty! And in the event you run out of Euros, you can pay with any other major currency! USD, AUD, JPY, etc. And you can still find shops after customs. How cool is that?!

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Also, do check out the Rijksmuseum, a classical and contemporary art museum. Admission is free!

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In 2010, the world’s first airport library opened, providing more than 1,200 books in 29 languages about Holland’s history and culture. You can also download ebooks and music from Dutch artists for free.

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Suggesting you to win back the cost of your holiday is kind of wrong, but hey, who knows, you might make some money at AMS’s Holland Casino. Fun? Yes. Exciting? Yes. But as a friendly reminder, do walk away at once if you’ve lost more than what you’ve allocated. =)

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Get an unlimited day pass for EUR20 at Sheraton Fitness and Spa, which opens 24/7, to access the workout equipment, sauna, massages, beauty treatments, steam room and rainforest showers.

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Panoramaterras is the name given to Schiphol’s specially built rooftop viewing area where you can catch the best views of planes around the airport. Admission is free. This is not the only site as there’s another one at the new Polderbaan runway and also in McDonald’s.

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Did you know that you can also get married in Schiphol?

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Changi International Airport

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If there’s anywhere in the world to get stuck in for hours, this is the one. It has NEVER been below the top 3 of Skytrax’s World Airport Awards ever since 2001.

Free WiFi. The ENTIRE country is covered by Wireless@SG. Register through your device’s web browser and receive a confirmation code through the phone which you can keep for future use.

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Free PCs for use. No laptop? No problem. Get connected to the internet through one of the hundreds of free PC terminals all over the airport.

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An entertainment deck. A dedicated play area that has all the latest games on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

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There’s also a dedicated LAN gaming room for those who prefer playing against other travelers. There’s also a music area nearby where you close your eyes and relax in plush seats after selecting the type of music you want played through the inbuilt speakers.

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There’s also a MTV booth where you get to see all the latest music videos and entertainment clips.

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Or, you can watch the latest blockbusters either in Terminal 2′s or 3′s movie theater. Seats are comfortable, the sound system amazing, properly equipped and there’s also popcorn sold for the true movie experience.

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Travelers are welcome to soak in all 6 open garden areas in Changi, each representing a different group of plants namely, cacti, bamboo, heliconia, sunflower, fern and orchid.

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For SGD 14, you can use the swimming pool, showers, hot tubs,spas, gym and all other facilities located in the transit hotel of Terminal 1.

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Take a nap on the specially made for sleeping chairs in the napping area.

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If you have more than 5 hours to spare, do hope on one of the buses in the free ‘Singapore Tour’ where you will be taken for a trip around the island in 2 hours.

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Shopping is also a heaven here. With more than 300 shops selling cheap electronics to designer goods, you’ll be spoiled for choice.

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Dubai International Airport

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Shopping. That’s what Dubai is known for. It is the largest retail outlet in the world with over 15,000 square meters of retail floor space selling cosmetics, jewellery, electronics, alcohol, luxury goods, sports equipment, designer clothing, tobacco products, toys and books. Opened since 1983, the Dubai Duty Free grew in sales from USD20 million in the first year to USD1.1 billion 25 years later in 2008.

Spend time and relax in any of the two well designed open air garden areas.

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There are also games for the young at heart.

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G-Force Health Club is the best place in DXB which has, in addition to a gym (USD13/hour), private shower rooms with towels, toiletries, and hair dryers, separate gender steam rooms, saunas, jacuzzis and a common swimming pool. This place is open 24/7.

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Hong Kong International Airport

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The best airport in the world. HKIA has won Skytrax’s Airport 8 out of 11 times since 2001 beating out Singapore’s Changi and South Korea’s Incheon. As Skytrax’s results are passenger driven, imagine the happiness of 51 million people in 2010 who come from 160 destinations around the world when they arrive at HKIA. Just like what the slogan says, ‘Hong Kong, Asia’s World City’.

Although Hong Kong is a small island with limited land, the government has done a good job in establishing a fantastic public transportation system connecting HKIA to important locations all over the country.

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HKIA is the only airport in the world that has a 360 seats 4D cinema equipped with state of the art 3D projection system supplemented by seven multi sensory special effects providing you a unique experience beyond any normal theater can offer.

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There’s also the highly interactively educational Aviation Discovery Center for you to discover the aviation development of Hong Kong through fun and exciting settings like the themed exhibits, interactive kiosks, cockpit simulator, SkyDeck and best of all, the 4D Motion Ride plane cabin simulator. How cool is that?

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Adjacent to Terminal 2, you’ll find a golf course inspired by the world famous 17th hole at the Tournament Payers Club in Sawgrass, Florida with a special hole called “Island Green”, situated on an island in the middle of an artificial lake.

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Playstation Gateway is HKIA’s very own dedicated gaming area allowing you to play to your heart’s content for free.

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iSports. HKIA’s one of a kind sports simulator for the physically inclined travelers. Types of sports simulation offered include soccer, basketball, golf, boxing, skiing, car racing and shooting.

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Asia Hollywood is an interactive themed entertainment center aimed to provide an entertaining experience of the local film industry through interactive fun. Do check out the D-Blue Screen and CentiStar while you’re there.

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Although HKIA is HUGE, passengers will find that the terminals are built with convenience in mind. You will not miss riding on the super cool Automated People Mover, a driverless people mover system consisting of 3 stations that travels at 62 km/h, cutting traveling times between check-in areas and the departure gates.

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Terminal 1′s Skymart is great for shopping because it operates on a ‘Downtown Pricing Guarantee’, meaning that prices found here will either be equal or lower to those found in the retailers’ own Hong Kong downtown outlets. Items to look out for are make up brands, fragrances, alcohol and tobacco.

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Incheon International Airport

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Won Skytrax’s Best Airport of The Year in 2009 while it has always been in Skytrax’s top 3 airports of the world since 2006. Is one of only 3 airports in the world certified 5 stars by Skytrax and consistently rated as the best airport in the world by Airports Council International since 2005. Here’s why.

Incheon Golf Club is a modern ‘golf town’ that features a 330-yard driving range and an 18-hole putting course conveniently located within the perimeters of the airport.

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The internet facilities area is a must try experience for any traveler to visit as South Korea is the No.1 country in the world in terms of internet speed. There are also fax and photocopying facilities provided in the same area for a small fee.

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The Airstar Terrace located on the 4th floor of the passenger terminal offers the best scenery for checking out airplanes landing and taking off. Gaze at the panoramic views of Incheon International Airport in one of the many relax chairs laid out by the transparent glass walls.

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ICN is the first airport in the world I have ever come across that has an indoor ice skating rink!

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Thrill seekers and fortune hunters from around the world will surely be enticed by Paradise Golden Gate Casino, located within Hyatt Regency Incheon in the International Business Center.

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If you are just transferring through planes in ICN, you get to use the showering room facilities for free!

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Experience 5000 years of Korean culture at the Museum of Korean Culture. Each of the items in the museum is categorized into Royal Culture, Traditional Arts, Printing/Korean Alphabet Heritage and Traditional Music.

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Munich Airport

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Although it is only secondary to Frankfurt Airport in terms of traffic, Munich Airport is the most liked by visitors traveling through Germany. This was proven when MUC won Skytrax’s Best Airport in Europe title consecutively from 2004-2008 and again in 2010.

The Airport Tours must be one of the main reasons that makes MUC so interesting. Spend 50 minutes passing through a 12 kilometer route that covers Terminal 1 and 2, both runways of the airport and the two fire stations. You will see the freight buildings and maintenance hangars, the engine testing facility and the storage tanks while picking up all kinds of information on every aspect of ramp operations.

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Open from 8am to 10pm, passengers should check out the view of the eastern apron and both runways in Munich Airport from the Visitors Terrace. Cool thing is, you enter the terrace through a glass tunnel called Skywalk that slowly rises through the terminal from the 5th floor.

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The Visitor’s Park of MUC is an interesting section of the airport. Here, you will get to learn how airports work through explanations by MUCi the mascot and the 60 seat cinema open from 9am to 5pm. Do step into the cabins and check out the 3 historic aircrafts on display outside the park namely, a Super Constellation, a Douglas DC-3 and a Junkers Ju 52/3m.

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There’s also the family oriented, modern 18 hole mini golf course open to both adults and children.

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Wireless internet can be found throughout the airport, so can wired internet terminals. However, both come at a fee. =(

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Merkurs Spielothek is an entertainment center functioning as a casino and a games arcade.

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Showers are available in 3 places at the airport, so is the vending machine from which you get your towels, shower gels, etc.

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Massage chairs are found all over the airport but if you’re looking for the human touch, there’s Be Relax, a relax center offering massages, facials, waxing, manicures and pedicures. Happy hours from 12pm to 5pm.

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There’s also a special service offered by Munich Airport called the Meet And Assist Service (MAAS). Passengers who have arranged for the service will get trained staffs to accompany them as soon as arriving, throughout the entire time at the airport. You will get help with language translation, personal luggage management and navigating around the airport.

Napcaps are opened, private ‘pods’ that comes with a small couchette, a flat screen TV, desk and internet connection rentable at EUR 15/hour.

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If you are sharp enough, you will find free coffee/tea machines and EUR1.10 ice creams to make your day. =)

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Munich’s Airbrau must be the coolest airport beer garden cum restaurant in the world. Surrounded by an artificial lake, Airbrau is so BIG it can take up to 600 customers at a time! Moreover the food is really, really delicious and so are the fresh beers (Helles, Weissbier and the super strong Aviator). AND they are really cheap. Meals for under EUR10 and half a liter of beer for under EUR3. A real MUST visit for anyone passing by Munich Airport.

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Update 2008.11.13 – Thanks Thanks Tonu Samuel and Dragonbeard! It’s now 61!

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Below are a showcase of how gender is captured in just a few strokes. Enjoy.

1. Lausanne, Switzerland



2. Patong Beach, Thailand



3. Somewhere in Taiwan



4. Somewhere in UAE & Oman





5. FH Augsburg



6. Pamukkale, Turkey



7. Somewhere in Iran



8. Café-Tabac-Brasserie “Le Jeanne d’Arc”, rue Jeanne d’Arc, Paris





9. Frog Pubs, Paris





10. Disney Sea





11. Hungarian Academy of Sciences





12. Somewhere in Paris





13. UrbanAngel, Edinburgh





14. Apple HQ





15. Somewhere in Ghana, Africa





16. Shinjuku bld





17. KLCC Malaysia





18. On the ferry to Jerba





19. Somewhere in New Zealand





20. Somewhere in Australia





21. At the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame





22. Siam Center, Bangkok





23. Desenzano, Italy





24. Toilet Smurfette & Smurf





25. Aum Thong Thai Restaurant, Hove, UK





26. Sheffield Park Cafe, UK





27. Red Roaster Brighton,UK





28. Nou Nou North African Restaurant, Brighton





29. Somewhere in Paris



30. Unisex at Cliff House, San Francisco, California



31. Somewhere in Barcelona, Spain



32. Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood, CA





33. Petit Palais” museum in Paris



34. Kloschild, Männer, Café in Prag





35. Somewhere in Bangalore





36. Fontainebleau, Archives nationales, France









37. Home Slice Pizza, Austin





38. Somewhere in Atlanta Georgia





39. Magasin Apache, Paris



40. Honolulu Airport





41. Somewhere in Seoul, Korea



42. Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis, France



43. Somewhere in Bremen





44. Seoul Garden Restaurant, NYC





45. Unknown





46. White Dog, Philly





47. HonFest 2006, Baltimore MD



48. Somewhere in Ireland





49. Coyote Eatery, near Batthany Square in Budapest





50. Eggspectation in Montreal, Canada

Spring Temple Buddha of Lushan, Henan, China

Height : 128 m

Laykyun Setkyar of Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar

Height : 116 m

Ushiku Daibutsu of Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Height : 110 m

Guan Yin of Sanya, Hainan, China

Height : 108 m

Emperors Yan and Huang of Zhengzhou, China

Height : 106 m

Dai Kannon of Sendai, Japan

Height : 100 m (2 X Olympic size swimming pool length)

Peter the Great of Moscow, Russia

Height : 96 m

Great Buddha of Thailand at Ang Thong, Thailand

Height : 92 m

Grand Buddha at Ling Shan of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China

Height : 88 m

Dai Kannon at Kita no Miyako park of Ashibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

Height : 88 m

Rodina Mat’Zovyot! (Mother Motherland Calls) at Mamayev Kurgan of Volgograd, Russia

Height : 85 m

Awaji Kannon of Awaji Island, Hyago Prefecture, Japan

Height : 80 m

Great Standing Maitreya Buddha of Beipu, Hsinchu County, Taiwan, China

Height : 72 m

Leshan Giant Buddha of Leshan, China

Height : 71 m

Mother Motherland of Kiev, Ukraine

Height : 62 m

Jibo Kannon at Narita-san temple of Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

Height : 62 m

Guan Yin at Mount Xiqiao of Nanhai district, Guangzhou, China

Height : 62 m

Aizu Jibo Dai-Kannon of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan

Height : 57 m

Tokyo Wan Kannon of Futtsu, Chiba, Japan

Height : 56 m

Hanuman Murti of New Delhi, India

Height : 53 m

Usami Dai-Kannon of Izu Peninsula, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan

Height : 50 m

Dai Kannon of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan

Height : 48.5 m

Ten Directions Pu Xian Buddha of Mount Emei, Sichuan province, China

Height : 48 m

Vargen de la Paz (Virgin of Peace) of Trujillo, Venezuela

Height : 46.7 m

Liberty Enlightening the World of Liberty Island, New York, United States

Height : 46 m

Birth of the New Man (Christopher Columbus) of Sevilla, Spain

Height : 45 m

Lord Murugan of Batu Caves, Gombak, Malaysia

Height : 42.7 m

Grand Byakue Kannon of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Height : 41.8 m

Great Matzu of Meizhou Island, Fujian, China

Height : 40.5 m

Jose Maria Morelos of Janitzio island, Michoacan, Mexico

Height : 40 m

Fo Guang Shan Amitabha Buddha of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China

Height : 40 m

Lord Shiva of Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India

Height : 37 m

The Merlion of Sentosa, Republic of Singapore

Height : 37 m

Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) of Namchi, India

Height : 36 m

Bodhisattva Kannon of Tazawako, Akita prefecture, Japan

Height : 35 m

Cristo de la Concordia of Cochabamba, Bolivia

Height : 34.2 m

Tian Tan Buddha of Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Height : 34 m

Notre-Dame du Sacre-Coeur (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) of Le Mas-Rillier in Dombes, Ain department, France

Height : 33 m

Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa, Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province, South Korea

Height : 33 m

Laozi statue in Mount Mao near Zhenjiang of Jiangsu province, China

Height : 33 m

Mindroling Monastery Buddha of Dehradun, Uttarakhand state, India

Height : 32.6 m

Standing Buddha in Wat Indrawiharn of Bangkok, Thailand

Height : 32 m

Bhaisajyaguru in Nihon-Ji Temple of Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba, Japan

Height : 31 m

Lord Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Height : 30.5 m

Virgen de El Panecillo (Virgin in The Panecillo) of Quito, Ecuador

Height : 30 m

Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple, Air Itam, Penang island, Malaysia

Height : 30 m

Cristo Redentor de Concorvado (Christ the Redeemer) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height : 30 m

Cristo del Otero (Jesus) of Palencia, Spain

Height : 30 m

One of my friends is going to China to work in 5 days time. Although he is a Chinese, he cannot really speak Mandarin. So I imagined myself going to China and thinking of how it would be like for me to communicate with the locals. I believe that it would be pretty troublesome if I didn’t even know some of the common words. It applies to travelers in foreign countries. Learning at least these 16 common English words in another language would certainly make things easier for the travelers. Not everyone speaks English.

Anyways, here’s the super cool site that has the 16 commonly used English words translated into all the world’s languages. It’s very useful when you know at least how to say ‘thank you’ or ‘hello’. Locals may find you amusing and give you special treatment.

Here are the 16 polite words that comes in handy.

1. Cheers!
2. Excuse Me
3. Good Afternoon
4. Good Evening
5. Good Morning
6. Good Night
7. Goodbye
8. Hello
9. I do not understand
10. Nice to meet you
11. No
12. Please
13. Thank you
14. Thank you very much
15. Yes
16. You’re welcome

I know how to say ‘Good Morning’ in a few foreign languages like bonjour (French), o hayou gozaimasu (Japanese), selamat pagi (Malaysian) and cho san (Cantonese).

=P

English To Local Languages
Be polite when traveling

In a Bucharest hotel lobby:
The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we
regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig elevator:
Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

In a Belgrade hotel elevator:
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin
should enter more persons, each one should press a number of
wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by
national order.

In a Paris hotel elevator:
Please leave your values at the front desk.

In a hotel in Athens:

Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the
hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.

In a Yugoslavian hotel:
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the
chambermaid.

In a Japanese hotel:
You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.

In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox
monastery:
You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and
Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except
Thursday.

In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers:
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the
boots of ascension.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

On the menu of a Polish hotel:
Salad a firm’s own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy
dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose;
beef rashers beaten up in the country people’s fashion.

Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop:
Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

In a Bangkok dry cleaner’s:
Drop your trousers here for best results.

Outside a Paris dress shop:
Dresses for street walking.

In a Rhodes tailor shop:
Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute
customers in strict rotation.

Similarly, from the Soviet Weekly:
There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 15,000 Soviet
Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the
past two years.

A sign posted in Germany’s Black forest:
It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that
people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live
together in one tent unless they are married with each other
for that purpose.

In a Zurich hotel:
Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the
opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be
used for this purpose.

In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist:

Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.

In a Rome laundry:
Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having
a good time.

In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency:
Take one of our horse-driven city tours – we guarantee no
miscarriages.

Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand:
Would you like to ride on your own ass?

In a Swiss mountain inn:
Special today — no ice cream.

In a Bangkok temple:
It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed
as a man.

In a Tokyo bar:
Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.

In a Copenhagen airline ticket office:

We take your bags and send them in all directions.

On the door of a Moscow hotel room:
If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to
it.

In a Norwegian cocktail lounge:
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

In a Budapest zoo:
Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable
food, give it to the guard on duty.

In the office of a Roman doctor:
Specialist in women and other diseases.

In an Acapulco hotel:
The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

In a Tokyo shop:
Our nylons cost more than common, but you’ll find they are
best in the long run.

From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner:
Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your
room, please control yourself.

From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo:
When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn.
Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles
your passage then tootle him with vigor.

Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance:
- English well talking.
- Here speeching American.

Laugh Along With GNU
Providing laughs to the working hackers

Americans Are Not Stupid
Funny, funny. Just funny.

Great Architects Are Born Here

Leaning Building

The ‘Lets-Pray-It-Doesn’t-Rain’ Building

Feeling Dizzy?

Stop Staring!

The ‘Lets-Pray-There’s-No-Earthquake’ Buildings

The Picnic Freak Owner

The ‘Lets-Pray-There’s-No-Tsunami’ Buildings

The ‘Lets-Pray-There’s-No-Tsunami-Or-Earthquake’ Building

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Maelifell, Bordering The Myrdalsjokull Gacier, Iceland

Deforestation in Amazonia, Matto Grosso Do Norte, Brazil

Fields Of Tulips Near Lisse, Near Amsterdam, Netherlands

Coellgur De Cohen, Nouvelle-Caledonie, France

Northern Gannet Colony, Eldey Island, Iceland

Los Roques Archipelago, North Of Caracas, Miranda Region, Venezuela

Volcano Eruption in Kamtchatka, Russia

Amazon River Near Manaus, Brazil

Abandoned City of Pripiat, Near Chernobyl Power Plant, Ukraine

Interchange Between The 5 and 110 Freeways, Los Angeles, United States

Houses On Stilts at Fisherman’s Point, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela

Beautiful Pictures Of The World
Pictures from the sky

in Thailand.

The famous one is the Damnoen Saduak floating market in Ratchaburi, Central Thailand. Everyday, a lot of stuff is being sold on boats. You can find

fruits

meals

flowers

dessert

fried chicken

souvenirs

more souvenirs

and lots of tourists.

Abiyoyo
The floating market of Damnoen Saduak

The Eurail Group G.I.E. is owned by a group of European rail carriers and shipping companies that sells passes and tickets for European railroads to non-Europeans.

Eurail Passes allows a passenger to have a near unlimited ability to travel on almost all European railroads and shipping lines at a fixed price per day of travel. Eurail sells a variety of passes, including :

• passes specific to two to five bordering countries.
• discounted passes for groups of up to five people travelling together.
• discounted passes for those between the age of 11 and 26.
• passes which provide unlimited travel in a fixed period.
• passes which provide a fixed number of days of travel in a longer period.

Eurail has ticket agents in all 6 continents of the world. Take for example, even a minor country like Malaysia has sales agents that sell Eurail tickets. As of 2006, countries covered include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Every purchaser of Eurail passes will receive :

• A free Eurail Traveler’s Guide containing a fold-out map of Europe and the European Train connections. It includes extensive information on traveling with your Eurail Pass in Europe. The traveler’s guide is also available in :
1. English
2. French
3. Spanish
4. Portuguese
5. Korean
6. Chinese
7. Japanese







• A free Eurail Timetable with the most suitable connections for major routes






• Upon completion and return of a travel report (found inside the Eurail Pass Cover), you will receive 1 of 3 choices of a free Eurail Souvenir!



A. Set of Eurail country pins
B. Eurail radio with Step Counter
C. Dual time alarm clock, showing time at home and in Europe

Anyone is eligible to purchase a Eurail Pass except residents from the countries of Europe, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, or Tunisia. A resident of a country is considered to be someone who has been living in a country for longer than 6 months.

Eurail
The official Eurail website

List of Eurail sales agents
Find a Eurail agent near you

2. Most Dangerous Hiking Trail, Mount Huashan

1. Road of Death, Bolivia

Javimoya
Pics of Bolivia’s ‘Road of Death’

Guoliang Tunnel in China
Trail of Taihang Mountains

Mount Huashan
Tourist website about Huashan

London Underground.

• Started off as early as 1863.
• has 274 stations.
• 12 lines.
• average of 2.67 million passengers per day
• 12,350 employees

New York Subway.

• Started off as early as 1904.
• has 490 stations.
• 27 lines.
• average of 7,043,240 million passengers per day.

Seoul Metro.

• Started off in 1974.
• has 367 stations.
• 11 lines.
• average of 7.9 million passengers per day.

Tokyo Metro.

• Started off as early as 1927.
• has 168 stations.
• 14 lines.
• average of 5.69 million passengers per day.
• 8,721 employees

Paris Metro.

• Started in 1900.
• has 297 stations.
• 16 lines.
• average of 4.5 million passengers per day.

Subways on the same scale
world subways on the same scale

FoxNews
lotsa interesting fast facts found here

Australian Explorer divided the collection into 7 different categories. Mainly

• Animals
• Behaviour
• Events
• Objects
• People
• Phrases
• Places

Here are a few sentences I’ve made up consisting of Australian slang.

A bogan and a bloke were in the blue when they suddenly heard a ruckus. They walked closer and saw jackaroo and jillaroo flat out having a naughty. Then, a milko and a larrikin came and they raged on.

Got it mate? =)

Australian Explorer
The collection of Australian slang

Here's a barber giving a little boy a haircut in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Friday prayers in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Durbar Square of Katmandu, Nepal.

Temple city of India.

Tori gates entrance to a temple in Japan.

Selling toy masks under bright cherry blossoms in Osaka, Japan.

Boats, fog and a city in Busan, Korea.

Lunch in Korea.

Procession in Ubud of Bali, Indonesia.

Bathing steps along river Ganges in Varanasi, India.

Asia Grace
The complete collection online.

1. Income
2. Regions
3. Poverty
4. Health
5. Countries
6. Differences
7. Trends
8. Gaps
9. Deaths

Here's a guy from Chicago, USA who lives in San José, Costa Rica with his wife and pets who has spent 3 years developing the perfect website for Costa Rica. Tim, the author, looks forward to be a source of correct accurate information about Costa Rica. He's done some traveling around and heard lots of nonsensical stuff about Costa Rica like

• "Don't drink the water in Costa Rica.",
• "You need to take typhoid shots to avoid getting sick.", 
• "Malaria is rampant!"
• "Stay off the streets, the crime is awful!",
• "Costa Rican food sucks!",

Because of that, he's written articles, statistics, photographs, movie clips, tables, charts and 100% accurate information about Costa Rica. So if you ever plan to

• visit Costa Rica
• live in Costa Rica
• move to Costa Rica
• do business in Costa Rica

Tim's site is the site to be.  If you wanna learn more about Costa Rican'

• internet, media, communications
• hospitals, health insurance, emergency services
• education, schools, universities, Spanish
• legal system, the constitution, politics

Tim's site is the site to be. Check it out!

The Real Costa Rica
The link to the great Costa Rica site! 

• location
• opening hours
• availability of baby change rooms
• accessibility for the disabled
• details of other toilets nearby.

Here's an example screenshot of Shoalwater located in the City of Rockingham in Perth. 

This website is certainly of great value to residents in Australia who are affected by the inability to control urination. It helps to :

• plan short and long journeys
• improve independence on others
• handy for young families and the disabled
• assist in planning rest breaks in between cities and towns while traveling

To use ToiletMap, narrow down the map to a particular State / Territory. You can also use the search feature provided to find by postcode, town or suburb, specific addresses or landmarks like a sports ground. You can also use the Trip Planner by entering your start and destination and get turn by turn descriptions for the quickest routes and toilets along the way.

The National Public Toilet Map
Interesting stuff from Australia! Worth checking out!