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Click for more photosHundreds of thousands of people have turned out for the Notting Hill Carnival in west London, a celebration of Caribbean culture that has become Europe’s biggest street party. Photo: AP
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Singapore’s famous Orchard Road is soon to be graced with an exclusive new retail concept, branded ‘Knightsbridge’. The iconic brand name, taken from the up-market London shopping district, home to the Harrods department store, has been chosen for a four-storey retail podium opening next year.The 7,711m² luxury shopping destination is integrated within an SG$80 million […]
The banks of London’s “dirty old river” Thames are being transformed into the golden sands of Bondi beach, to promote NSW.The G’Day UK campaign aims to promote not only tourism but also Australian innovation and industry.Eighty tonnes of sand has been dumped beside the Thames to recreate the iconic beach, complete with lifeguards, surfboards and […]
CARLA AND JIM BOERMAN of Walworth, N.Y., have been campers for nearly two decades, starting when their twin daughters, who are now in college, were just 18 months old. Their family has stayed in Yellowstone and Yosemite , and they’ve sampled campgrounds in New York and neighboring states, graduating fStaterom pop-ups to small travel trailers […]
It’s the ultimate in luxury transport fit for a king.A British design firm is currently working on the interiors for a private Airbus A380 superjumbo VIP jet, under commission from a “Middle Eastern” client.The client remains unknown, but could be Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who became the first person in the world to […]
EVERY visitor to Caddo Lake on the Texas - Louisiana border seems to come away with a profoundly personal impression. Anglers prize Caddo, the only naturally formed lake in Texas, for its trophy bass; canoeists rate its twisting, interlocking bayous among the most challenging to navigate.Environmentalists cherish its 26,000 acres as a rare, if not […]
Cooling, a street on world heritage site Mount Lushan in eastern China’s Jiangxi Province, re-opened to tourists in the May Day holiday after a restoration project, an official with the Lushan administration confirmed Sunday. With an altitude of 1,164 meters, the street, which got its English name for its cool and cozy climate, has won fame […]
A teenage British boy with a form of autism is stranded in Australia because he is too scared to travel by air or sea home to England.Thomas Hill’s family moved to Sydney in January 2008 to start a new life but decided to return recently because they were homesick.But 16-year-old Thomas, who has been diagnosed […]
A teenage British boy with a form of autism is stranded in Australia because he is too scared to travel by air or sea home to England.Thomas Hill’s family moved to Sydney in January 2008 to start a new life but decided to return recently because they were homesick.But 16-year-old Thomas, who has been diagnosed […]