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PARIS, France (AFP) — A section of stairs from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for more than half a million euros, auctioneers said Wednesday — more than 10 times the pre-sale estimate. The 14 wrought-iron steps from a winding staircase between the second and third floors of the Paris landmark went for 523,800 euros ($556,000) after furious bidding at the sale in the French capital. Auction house Artcurial said the dramatic sale on […]
CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) — A vintage biplane flew past and landed near Egypt’s iconic Pyramids of Giza on Sunday (November 13) on the second leg of a month-long journey through Africa. The biplane, from the 1920s and 1930s, is just one out of 12 others embarking on the journey, which began in Crete, Greece on Saturday (November 12). The landing represented the first time an aircraft was allowed to land at the ancient site. However the […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Steven Spielberg-directed film, Jurassic Park, may soon become reality after Japanese innovation company, ON-ART Corp., unveiled the world’s biggest walking and moving dinosaur robots for the first time on Thursday (November 9) in Tokyo. Tyrannosaurus Rex was the first to emerge from the mist into the event hall, roaring loudly and stomping toward the audience, in a company-organized performance at a downtown Tokyo hotel. The human-operated creature pretended to bite the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nanguna ang isla ng Boracay habang pumangalawa naman ang Palawan sa listahan ng World’s 20 Best Islands ng International Traveler’s Magazine na Conde Nast Traveler. Ang Cebu naman ay nasa ika lima sa listahan ng World’s Best Islands ng nasabing magazine. Noong nakaraang taon, pang labing siyam (19) sa listahan ang Cebu habang panglabing siyam naman ang Boracay at number 1 ang Palawan. Pinuri ng nasabing magazine ang Boracay dahil […]
By Mhiles Debulos Contributor One weekend in September, my friends and I embarked on a trip to Sagada to relax and to shake off our stress from work. And what an unforgettable experience it was! Everything was postcard-perfect — from the serene view of rice terraces that served as backdrop in the mountains as we travelled for six long hours (from Baguio, that is), to the cool yet sunny weather that accompanied us all […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the latest survey conducted by the interactive travel site, Guide to Sleeping in Airports, the Iloilo International Airport took the 12th place as one of the Best International Airports in Asia.
Rio de Janeiro will open its first aquarium, the largest in South America, in November. https://youtu.be/jbfgd9zwpIk
A dozen biplanes from the 1920s and 1930s will fly 8,000 miles from Crete to Cape Town next month in a vintage aviation rally that harks back to the early days of air travel. https://youtu.be/ABm-wB2qK4Q
Places in Bontoc, Mountain Province (Eagle News)
by Sebastian Smith RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil just found its biggest ever dinosaur — in a storage cupboard. In its prime, more than 66 million years ago, this long necked herbivore was 25 meters (82 feet) long — longer than an articulated bus — and could chomp through trees at a terrifying rate. By the time the creature was found by renowned Brazilian paleontologist Llewellyn Ivor Price in 1953, only a few […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The 4.3 million annual visitors to the Statue of Liberty — that most recognizable symbol of American freedom — will be greeted by a modern multimedia museum in future, New York officials said Thursday. The celebrated statue, designed by sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel — donated by France on the 1876 centenary of US independence and inaugurated on Liberty Island in 1886 — has not had […]
YUNCHENG CITY, SHANXI PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — A salt lake in northern China’s Shanxi province has become a new tourist attraction after a portion of it recently turned red, state media reported on Thursday (September 29). Aerial footage of the lake released by China’s state television CCTV showed red water on one side of the lake and green on the other, with a road cutting through the middle. CCTV reported that the colour change was […]
