With its convincing 3-1 World Cup win over Denmark on June 24, Japan finished second in Group E and moved on to the final 16 sides vying for global soccer mastery in South Africa.
This marks the second time the Japanese team has advanced to the second round of the finals; the last time was two [...]

I am getting a lot of hits to my earlier blue whale article so I thought I may as well build on the interest and post something blue whale related. The above video does a pretty good overview of what blue whales can do. I disagree with the narrator saying it is bigger even than [...]

Another innovative invention since the dissolving bikini from the Germans. This time is a mobile toilet pouch. The pouch is especially designed for the ladies to avoid embarrassing moments lining up for the toilet. Although I would think it is more embarrassing using the invention instead? The pouch is constructed out of a special polymer [...]

Number 10 - Koh Samui Resort, Thailand
Nothing spectacular at Number 10 except a wonderful view of the Thailand island scenary!

Number 9 - Oman Bustan Palace Intercontinental Muscat
After a 18 months re-development at the Oman Bustan Palace this 164m long luxury headed pool was built

Number 8 - Quincy Hotel, Singapore
Surrounded by glass this up market luxury [...]

A volcano lover named Patrick Koster spent the last 10 years capturing photos of various volcanoes around the world. The amazing photos he took range from sleeping volcanoes to lava spitting active volcanoes. The guy even proposed beside a volcano and delayed his honeymoon plans to avoid missing a volcano eruption for a chance to [...]

A new craze has hit the internet as reported by the English media. People of all different places are taking photos of themselves laying down in all the places you can think of. They sort of look odd but other than that I do not really see the attraction in doing some like this. Looks [...]