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Sunday, 13 October 2024

The Rice Paddy Art of Japan

quote [ To see these artworks, a tall viewing platform is erected ]

Inspired by the recent post on Corn Mazes.
[SFW] [travel]
[by stv179@5:04amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 6 October 2024

I Spent Over 12 Hours on an Amtrak Train (on purpose)

quote [ 1:56 You can see that they had installed large screens as a departure board, but at some point an executive came around with the great idea that you could also just play advertisements on those ]

Trains were one of my favorite parts of visiting the UK. Sucks we can't have decent public transport in the states.
[SFW] [travel] [+2 Insightful]
[by steele@8:23pmGMT] [0 comments]

Saturday, 28 September 2024

American Suburbs Are a Horror Movie and We?re the Protagonists

quote [ America is filled with liminal spaces. ]

Hah, you built yourself an architectural meme.
[SFW] [travel] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@6:02amGMT] [2 comments]

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

No Plane? No Problem

quote [ What it?s like to travel across the country via Amtrak?and what you need to know if you want to do it yourself. ]

Headed east on an Amtrak train
[SFW] [travel] [+3]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:03amGMT] [1 comment]

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Safety and Seaplanes

quote [ Floatplanes are ubiquitous on the coast and indispensable for remote communities, but they don?t need to follow the same regulations and reporting as commercial airlines. How do you keep pilots and passengers safe? ]

Yeah it's a- It's a seaplane
[SFW] [travel] [+1 Interesting]
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Saturday, 7 September 2024

Cringe-worthy Polish hotel ad

quote [ The video shows a woman reluctantly giving a tour of the hotel, casually introducing one of Poland's biggest boxing stars, Tomasz Adamek, without a hint of excitement.

She then proceeds to unemotionally present the hotel's other amenities, such as the pool, game room, sauna, gym, and bars and restaurants. ]

That Polish kind of humour is funny even as an ad. It apparently inspired other emotionless copycat tours. The rough translation goes like: ?Here kids, here warm, here cold, here fun??
[SFW] [travel] [+3 Funny]
[by Paracetamol@9:01amGMT] [1 comment]

Sunday, 1 September 2024

The New York of 2016 Needs the Wide, Generous Sidewalks of 1906

quote [ over the years, the city systematically shrank pedestrian space to make room for motor vehicles. Here's a look at the sidewalk on Lexington Avenue and 89th Street today, and the much more accommodating dimensions near the turn of the 20th Century, courtesy of architect John Massengale ]

Interesting urbanism infos from 8 years ago.
[SFW] [travel] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@4:21pmGMT] [0 comments]

Monday, 29 July 2024

Dead Motels USA

quote [ An archive of dead and dying hotels, motels and resorts in the United States through Google Street View. ]

Meet me at the dead motel
[SFW] [travel] [+3 Interesting]
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Sunday, 28 July 2024

The Race to Rebuild One of Americaâ??s Busiest Bridges

quote [ After a crucial section of a California freeway collapsed, this formidable construction boss pulled off one of the fastest, riskiest, most high-stakes reconstructions in U.S. history. ]

Driving down the freeway, feel the California breeze
[SFW] [travel] [+1 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 14 July 2024

Why Is Chile So Long?

quote [ Chile is so long, it's curved. How long is it? Why not longer? Why is no other country as thin? How does that make Chileans incomprehensible? ]

Someone really went with that question.
[SFW] [travel] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@7:48pmGMT] [0 comments]

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