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Slide & Splash and the Mystery Bridge

Whilst I was in Portugal, we crossed this very pretty bridge, just east of Portimão, on our way to Slide & Splash (I suppose we probably crossed it on the way back too, but I was fast asleep). The thing…

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Tuesday, 20th September 2005

Rajpath, India

Updated Post The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the Official residence of the President of India. At the back of the building you can see the 13 acre gardens with Mughal style canals and fountains. To the east is the Rajpath ('Kings…

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Sunday, 31st July 2005

Sunbathing

Here at Google Sightseeing HQ in Edinburgh, we've been having a mini heat-wave of late, which got us in the mood for sunbathing 😀 Here's some people, lots of people in fact, sunbathing on a beach in Barcelona. Not enough…

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Wednesday, 13th July 2005

Temple of Heaven

The Temple of Heaven is a temple of Taoism in Beijing. If you zoom out a little you'll see that the northern section is enclosed in a semi circular wall (representing heaven) while the southern section is within a rectangle…

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Tuesday, 12th July 2005

Toshimaen Theme Park

Apparently one of the biggest theme parks in Japan is Toshimaen. The north part of the park has various roller-coasters, one of which is emblazoned with (what I'm told is) the park's name. The south part is a water park…

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Monday, 4th July 2005

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

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