The SeaWorld Chain

SeaWorld is a chain of theme parks featuring killer whale, sea lion and dolphin shows. When I first read about SeaWorld I was very confused by the fact that "Shamu", the chain's mascot killer whale, manages to appear twice a…

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

RSS Feed: Oops

The RSS Feed should be back to full text again (it was on "summary" mode for a short while). Thanks to everyone who sent an angry e-mail demanding it changed back ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

Google Earth

Wow, Google Earth is pretty impressive. If you haven't heard about this yet, it is a cut down version of Keyhole that Google have released completely free. Google bought Keyhole last year and most of the recent mapping technology has…

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

Shing Mun Tunnel

And for my final post today from Hong Kong, check out this exposed section of the Shing Mun Tunnel in Shatin. This tunnel links between the eastern and western part of the New Territorries, which are separated by mountains. How…

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

This is the fantastically modern-looking Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, (which reminds me of The Flight of the Navigator!). As I've said before, everything on this site seems to be the tallest/biggest/highest something, and this building proves to be…

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

Two International Finance Centre

Overlooking Victoria Harbour (as seen in our previous post), is the Two International Finance Centre, which at 415.8 metres it is currently the tallest building in Hong Kong. Check out that shadow! Apparently it is the third tallest building in…

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Tuesday, 28th June 2005

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.