Walt Disney Co. and the Shanghai Government have come up with a $3.59 million porposal for a new Disney theme park in Shanghai. The project will be needing approval from the central government in Beijing.
A Wall Street Journal report says that the new Disney theme park in Shanghai could open as early as 2014, and […]

Posted on January 12th, 2009 by Thomas
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Leaving aside the title, which sounds like a blockbuster porn flick, there’s nothing really controversial here. Well, you can’t really separate Paris Hilton from controversy, but this one here is just the usual run-of-the-nill celeb stuff.  
Paris Hilton, who as per recent news reports is apparently being paid $600k to party at a club in Sydney on New […]

Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Thomas
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There’s all kinds of stuff that goes on at zoos and aquariums. I mean, every other day, you hear of some amazing trick or show with animals as stars. But this one is really more of a psycho-drama than something out of ‘The Planet’s funniest animals.’
There’s a polar bear named Knut in the Berlin Zoo, […]

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by Thomas
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When you think of 3 am diners, the image that comes to mind is of a few drifters, nutty tourists who can’t bear the room service at their $300 per night New York hotels, and some stubborn party animals who don’t want the night to end. All downing cheap beers and atrocious food which you wouldn’t touch with […]

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Thomas
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In 1973, Paul Theroux (www.paultheroux.com/) set out from London to travel Asia by train, and then wrote about  his journey through Asia and in 1975, published a book bsed on his writings called The Great Railway Bazaar, which basically triggered a seachange in travel writing, making it more personal, more commercialized and more kitschy. Meaning that from then on, […]

Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Thomas
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