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Struth! Cutting my grass
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says there’s a museum in Merseyside in the UK that’s dedicated to those who get their kicks out of that backyard taskmaster, the lawnmower. Because this museum walks us through the history of lawnmowers from […]
Struth! Tipping the scale – who would have thought?
IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that while the vast majority of Australians will tell you they’ve an aversion to the concept of tipping, a survey just undertaken by MasterCard has found that 46% of us claim that we are, in fact, […]
Struth! Light dims in Spain
SOMETHING you’ve always wanted – your own lighthouse. This one at Cabo de Palos near Cartagena is one of over300 being put up for sale by the cash-strapped Spanish Government. (Photo: Keeping-tabs.blogspot) IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says authorities in Spain have […]
Struth! Cunard captain walks on water
When photographer, James Morgan asked the skipper of Queen Mary 2, Captain Kevin Oprey if he would pose for a photo in front of the vessel’s bow, he didn’t quite have in mind the security of standing on a nice safe wharf. He wanted Captain Oprey to stand on the bulbous bow of QM2 as […]
Struth! Charles makes Bench-mark in travel
LION encounter… the writer and his wife get up close and personalwith this lion on one of Bench International’s most popular Southern Africa wildlife opportunities. IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that when a tennis-loving young Brit named Charles Bench came here […]
Struth! Supersonic airliner is a window on the world
SUPERSONIC – Sydney to Los Angeles in an 8-hour working day. IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a company in America is working on a passenger plane that will have no windows, enabling it to fly twice as fast as today’s conventional […]
Struth! Plans floated for 50,000 passenger "ship"
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says designers in America are working on plans for a “ship” that would be 1.3km long (0.8 miles,) carry 50,000 permanent-residential guests, have its own shopping mall with Westfield-style department stores, and a range of duty-free emporiums. […]
Struth! Taking the Pisco in Peru
ON Peru’s National Pisco Sour Day, water in this Lima inner-cityfountain is replaced by 2000 litres of the “national cocktail” for revellers to enjoy free. IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that in Peru they treat getting on the national drink Pisco […]
Struth! The world’s gone cruising
21.3 MILLION people took an ocean cruise somewhere in the world in 2013 on ships ranging from the biggest (like Oasis of the Seas) to the smallest (SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream I) shown here together in St Thomas in the Caribbean. IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world […]
Struth! Intolerant? Not me, now hurry up!
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says Britain’s tourism bosses are being accused of coming-up with advice akin to that from Basil of Fawlty Towers fame, after they put a series of new “Do’s” and “Don’ts” for the travel industry on their VisitBritain […]
