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Struth! GPS to Guide Delhi’s Rickshaws
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that drivers are up in arms, but passengers are delighted, with a decision by authorities in New Delhi to order that satellite navigation devices be fitted to all of the city’s 55,000 motorised rickshaws. It’s being […]
Struth! GPS to Guide Delhi’s Rickshaws
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that drivers are up in arms, but passengers are delighted, with a decision by authorities in New Delhi to order that satellite navigation devices be fitted to all of the city’s 55,000 motorised rickshaws. It’s being […]
Struth! Will the Real Phil Campbell Please Stand Up?
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that when fifteen men sat down to dinner in Alabama in America’s south-east at the weekend, there was no fear about forgetting the names of those around them. Because every one of them was named Phil […]
Struth! Will the Real Phil Campbell Please Stand Up?
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that when fifteen men sat down to dinner in Alabama in America’s south-east at the weekend, there was no fear about forgetting the names of those around them. Because every one of them was named Phil […]
GONE WITH THE MOB, SAHARA’S FORTUNES DRY UP
David Ellis FRANK Sinatra and his Rat Pack not only performed there but partied hard there as well, a 5-star Who’s Who of show-business took to it’s stage, and gang enforcer “Tony the Ant” Spilotro had a last drink at the bar before being lured interstate and “eliminated” over a Las Vegas turf war. For […]
GONE WITH THE MOB, SAHARA’S FORTUNES DRY UP
David Ellis FRANK Sinatra and his Rat Pack not only performed there but partied hard there as well, a 5-star Who’s Who of show-business took to it’s stage, and gang enforcer “Tony the Ant” Spilotro had a last drink at the bar before being lured interstate and “eliminated” over a Las Vegas turf war. For […]
Struth! Where airliners go to die
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that Alice Springs has been ear-marked to become home to the first major “aircraft boneyard” outside the USA. It will be similar to those in the deserts of Arizona and California where old planes that have […]
Struth! Where airliners go to die
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that Alice Springs has been ear-marked to become home to the first major “aircraft boneyard” outside the USA. It will be similar to those in the deserts of Arizona and California where old planes that have […]
GRAPES PROVE THE APPLE OF BORRY’S EYE
David Ellis THERE are a couple of 19th century drawings on the wall of a guest cottage at the picturesque little Borrodell on the Mount winery in the Central West of NSW, that remarkably do more to embrace the history of this property than could any number of infinitely researched words. One is a simple […]
GRAPES PROVE THE APPLE OF BORRY’S EYE
David Ellis THERE are a couple of 19th century drawings on the wall of a guest cottage at the picturesque little Borrodell on the Mount winery in the Central West of NSW, that remarkably do more to embrace the history of this property than could any number of infinitely researched words. One is a simple […]
