France and the United Arab Emirates formally launched the “desert Louvre” project yesterday, bringing the iconic cultural name and its tourist pulling power one step closer to the oil-rich Gulf.Visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahayan attended a ceremony in a luxury UAE hotel to mark the […]
A Sydney-to-Gold Coast Virgin Blue flight has made an emergency landing in Brisbane after sustaining tyre damage on take-off.DJ523 safely landed safely just before 3pm today with 109 passengers on board. Police, fire and ambulance crews attended the scene.An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) spokesman said airport staff in Sydney spotted tyre rubber on the […]
Construction of an elevated railway project running through Hanoi will start in the first half of next year, a Shanghai Daily report has said. The US$550 million project is being undertaken by the China Railway Group, with US$170 million of funding provided by in loans by the Chinese government.
http://www.traveldailyasia.com
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has defended the airline’s decision to slug passengers up to $160 for emergency exit row seats that offer more legroom.Mr Joyce said Qantas was only following other airlines which already charge for the seats.“Qantas is giving people more of an option,” he told reporters on Wednesday.“Up until now you couldn’t […]
A Denmark-based design consultant has submitted plans for the first bridge across the Red Sea, linking Yemen and Djibouti. According to a report in UAE-based newspaper, The National, Cowi has been employed to design the first phase of the 28.5km link, which is being developed by Dubai’s Middle East Development and is estimated to cost […]
Germany has a new attraction bound to tempt the taste buds. According to a report in The Times of London, Berlin’s new Currywurst Museum will open in August, hailing the national delicacy - a chopped sausage, with tomato sauce, sprinkled with curry powder. Fans of the spicy snack should visit www.currywurstmuseum.de.
http://www.traveldailyasia.com
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 […]
More than 150 Sydney-bound passengers were stranded for three-and-a-half hours at Perth Airport yesterday after QF574 was evacuated when a suspicious odour was detected in the plane’s cargo hold.Deputy Mayor of the City of Cockburn, Kevin Allen, said the 737-800 aircraft was evacuated after a “suspicious parcel” was found on board.Councillor Allen is on leave, […]
SOOKE, B.C. - Diane Bernard’s knee-high rubber boots squeaked and slurped as she walked across seaweed beds on a rocky spit on Vancouver Island’s southern coast. Behind her, Washington’s Olympic Mountains rose above a band of mist and an incoming tide surged through the Juan de Fuca Strait.“Look at this, they’re just pouring in here […]
An Australian Navy officer is being questioned by police in west London over an alleged assault during a flight to England.A Metropolitan Police spokesman told The Age a 57-year-old Australian man had been arrested when the Qantas flight arrived at Heathrow Airport today after reports of an assault on the flight from Melbourne.The incident is […]