Foto copyright: www.onemission.com/japan
Found a cool site for your entertainment:
A photoalbum of a two germans' trip to Japan, with funny and ironic comments :)
Link: here
Sorry folks, it's in german only...
photo copyright: http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/
A friend sent me the link to Elena's Homepage.
Elena enjoys driving through the so-called Chernobyl 'dead zone' with her Kawasaki, and took several shocking, but also interesting pictures, to document the current situation of the area.
Chernobyl, abandoned city, N Ukraine, near the Belarus border, on the Pripyat R. Ten miles (16 km) to the north, in the town of Pripyat, is the Chernobyl nuclear power station, site of the worst nuclear reactor disaster in history. On Apr. 25, 1986, during an unauthorized test of one of the plant's four reactors, engineers initiated an uncontrolled chain reaction in the core of the reactor after disabling emergency backup systems. On Apr. 26, an explosion ripped the top off the containment building, expelling radioactive material into the atmosphere; more was released in the subsequent fire. Only after Swedish instruments detected fallout from the explosion did Soviet authorities admit that an accident had occurred. The reactor core was sealed off by air-dropping a cement mixture, but not before eight tons of radioactive material had escaped.
Twenty firefighters died immediately from overexposure to radioactivity, while hundreds suffered from severe radiation sickness. Pripyat, Chernobyl, and nearby towns were evacuated. People who lived near the plant in Ukraine and Belarus at the time have seen a greatly increased incidence of thyroid cancer, and genetic mutations have been discovered in children later born to exposed parents. Ukraine has estimated that as many as 8,000 people died as a result of the accident and during its cleanup. The agricultural economies of E and N Europe were temporarily devastated, as farm products were contaminated by fallout. One Chernobyl reactor remained in operation until Dec., 2000, when the complex was shut down. (bartleby.com)
Toronto Skyline
No doubt: Toronto is probably one of the most fascinating cities I've ever been to. I could fill pages with reasons, but this town's multicultural mix of friendly people beats them all. It's a great feeling, being surrounded by people from all over the world. And most of them are easy-going, ready for a nice small talk about this and that. Oh yes, I really miss this town!
I visit some Toronto photobloggers regulary. For more impressions of this city, give them a try: Daily dose of imagery is my most favourite blog, followed by Ground Glass and Photojunkie.
foto copyright: www.digitalvoodoo.de
Chris spent a lot of time with internships in Hong Kong. His Blog (German) is very informative. There are also links to several other related Blogs, including his new Blog (also German) about his upcoming 70-day travel through Southeast Asia.
In his Gallery, he has more than 1200 photos of Hong Kong, China and Macau.
Definitely worth visiting!
photo copyright: http://at.co.kr/pn-seoul.htm
Lots of very nice panorama shots from Seoul can be found here.
There she is - Flash movie by sambakza.net
Ich habe vorhin einen wirklich süßen Flash Film bei Sambakza.net gefunden.
Den Film kann man sich hier anschauen.
Zur Zeit läuft auf n-tv eine 5-teilige Reportage mit dem Titel "Mythos Hongkong".
Die Themen und Sendetermine:
Folge 1: Schillernde Metropole
Montag, 26. Juli 2004 um 17.30, 21.30 und 00.30 Uhr
Folge 2: Eine Region wächst zusammen
Dienstag, 27. Juli 2004 um 17.30, 21.30 und 00.30 Uhr
Folge 3: Ein Land - Zwei Systeme
Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2004 um 17.30, 21.30 und 00.30 Uhr
Folge 4: Kultur und Tradition
Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2004 um 17.30, 21.30 und 00.30 Uhr
Folge 5: Lebensqualität und Geschäftschance
Freitag, 30. Juli 2004 um 17.30, 21.30 und 00.30 Uhr
Weitere Informationen zu den Sendungen sind hier erhältlich.
Ich habe gerade den neuen Internetauftritt der Moose Travel Network Ltd. bewundert. Erster Eindruck: ansprechender als die vorherige Version, jedoch noch zu wenige Inhalte und Informationen. (Viele Seiten sind noch mit dem Hinweis "Under Construction" ausgestattet.)
Moose Travel Tourguide vor seinem Bus
Moose Travel betreibt ein Busnetz speziell für Rucksackreisende in Kanada. Die Busse (mit jeweils ca. 20 Plätzen) fahren festgelegte Strecken 2-3x die Woche ab. Man bucht eine solche Strecke, kann an den einzelnen Stationen jedoch einen beliebig langen Aufenthalt einlegen.
Ich bin mit Moose im vergangenen Jahr unterwegs gewesen und kann dieses Unternehmen jedem Kanada-Reisenden empfehlen. Die Busfahrer bzw. Tourguides waren sehr nett und aufgeschlossen. Es wurden regelmäßig Stopps eingelegt, an Supermärkten und Sehenswürdigkeiten. Man wurde bequem von Jugendherberge zu Jugendherberge transportiert. Die Mitreisenden waren alle im Alter von 20-30 Jahren und haben natürlich auch erheblich zu der guten Stimmung im Bus beigetragen!
Oliver Schwarz präsentiert auf seiner Webseite piepmatzel.de...
... a quite subjectively collected list of best practice design examples according to the web standard. They may serve as a source of knowledge and inspiration.
