Chand Baori is a “stepwell” in the village of Abhaneri near Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was built at some point between 800 and 900 AD as a pristine monument dedicated to Hashat Mata, a Goddess of Joy and Happiness. Rajasthan has...
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These pictures from Dubai are amazing. The place is pretty nuts by all accounts. Anywhere there’s loads of cash and a deeply religious heritage is bound to be a little edgy. Gold everywhere, top-notch...
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Wherever there’s division and tension there be art. There’s also art where there’s unity and peace. I guess you could say there’s art everywhere. How about that? Yup I think that covers it....
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North Korea’s railway system is as good as defunkt. Especially outside of Pyongyang. So private businessmen have used their mighty resourcefulness to build these amazing little carriages to make some extra cash on...
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Well, if Superman was English, what town would he live in? Solihull I guess. The accent would give him that air of respectability. Any way. Two Superman wannabes got pulled over this week. There...
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Norilsk is the most northerly city in the world with a population over 100,000. It’s also the second largest city in the Arctic Circle, after Murmansk. On the muckier side of the coin...
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Today I bring you a macabre list of people who were the first to die in specific ways. Depressing? Yes. But hopefully we’ll unearth some interesting nuggets amongst these blackened sheets of morbidity. 1st...
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I’ve never felt more jealous of the residents of any city in the world than I do right now. The first and only bicycle lift in the world was built in Trondheim, Norway in 1993....
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Whilst writing my travelers guide to hell I used a lot of images created by Gustave Doré, they’re so incredibly bleak and beautiful that I had a look at some of his other...
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With the world’s economy sinking into a pit of despair, a lot of people are having to change their holiday plans. Australia, the Maldives, Gwent, they’re all way off budget. So, I thought...
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