Maharajas' Express: The Most Expensive Train in India
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2011
Operating since January 2010, Maharajas’ Express is the newest luxury train of Indian Railways and easily one of the most expensive one in ...
Showing posts from October, 2011
Sheep Occupy Madrid Street to Protest Grazing Laws
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2011
Spanish shepherds led flocks of sheep through the streets of downtown Madrid on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, migration and droving ...
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park: The Flooded Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2011
The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park located in Maranhão state, in northeastern Brazil, is one of the most marvelous and unique places in t...
Street Food Vendors From Around the World
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2011
In general understanding, street food is a quick meal or drink sold in a street or other public place, such as a market or fair, by a vendor...
Single Stroked Spiral Illsurations by Chan Hwee Chong
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2011
In order to demonstrate their Artist Pen’s precision and control, Faber Castell hired Singapore-based designer Chan Hwee Chong to create met...
The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2011
Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia, about 3,811 meter above sea level, making it the highest commercially nav...
Berlin Restaurant Serves Stone Age Food
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2011
A new restaurant has recently opened up at Berlin. You won’t find cheese, bread or sugar here. Instead, guests at the Sauvage restaurant are...
Urine Soaked Boiled Eggs: A Chinese Delicacy
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2011
As spring sets in, a strange but familiar smell permeates the air in Dongyang City of China’s Zhejiang Province, as locals begin to eat the ...
John Cerney's Giant Cut-Out People
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2011
John Cerney is a Salinas, California native whose artwork can best be described as ‘giant cut-out art’, ordinarily viewed from the comfort ...
Brushless Paintings by Amy Shackleton
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2011
Amy Shackleton is a 25-year old Torornto based artist who paints without brushes. Instead, she uses gravity. Shackleton uses ketchup like b...
World's Largest Scale Model of the Solar System Covers Entire Sweden
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2011
The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, built at a scale of 1:20 million and stretches the entire...
Cano Cristales: The River of Five Colors
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2011
The Cano Cristales is a river of Colombia located in the Sierra de la Macarena. For most of the year, Cano Cristales is indistinguishable fr...
Kandovan: An Iranian Village Carved in the Rocks
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 22, 2011
Tucked away in the remote northwest corner of Iran is the village of Kandovan that is not only famous for its scenic beauty, but also for th...
Dog Fashion Show in Florida
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2011
A fashion show for dogs titled Patterns for Paws was held on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The show featured dogs, ...
Superman Fan Undergoes Cosmetic Surgery to Look Like The Superhero
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 16, 2011
Most kids will eventually get over their childhood obsession with comic book superheroes by the time they reach high school, but not Herbert...
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Amateur Rocket Launch Reaches 121,000 Feet [Photo + Video]
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2011
Amateur rocketeer Derek Deville and his team from Qu8k (pronounced "quake") launched their home-built 26-foot rocket to an astoun...
Ready to Cook Featherless Chicken
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2011
An Israeli geneticist, Avigdor Cahaner, created the world's first featherless chicken at the genetics faculty at the Rehovot Agronomy In...
World’s First Solar Plant That Generates Power at Night Opens in Spain
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2011
The new Gemasolar Power Plant near Seville in southern Spain is the world’s first solar plant to have the capacity to generate electricity e...
China’s Richest Village Opens Skyscraper Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2011
Not to be left behind by its urban counterparts, one of China's richest village, Huaxi, has built a 328m skyscraper hotel at a cost of $...
Hair Embroidery by Zaira Pulido
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2011
Colombian artist Zaira Pulido uses a unique material for embroidering, – yes, human hair. Zaira Pulido collects hairs from her friends and ...
Painting Like Landscapes Created From Junk by Tom Deininger
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2011
Born in 1970 in Boston, MA, Thomas Deininger is an artist receiving considerable attention as contemporary artist and environmentalist. Dei...
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2011
The Lost Gardens of Heligan, near Mevagissey in Cornwall, is one of the most popular botanical gardens in the UK. The gardens were created b...
Rude Hand Gestures of the World
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2011
Rude Hand Gestures of the World by Romana Lefevre is a photographic guide to the many ways of using hand gestures to offend people in diffe...
Carpet of Leaves Baffles Motorists and Pedestrians in London
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2011
At first glance, it looks like any ordinary road on an October day, covered with thousands of fallen leaves. Except the carpet of leaves has...
Janet Echelman’s Floating Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2011
Janet Echelman is an American artist who creates fluid moving sculptures out of nets. Echelman was first inspired to use nets while on a Fu...
Broken Down Victorian Era Homes Made Out of Lego
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2011
Inspired by a childhood trip to LEGOland, Mike Doyle now makes intricate broken down Victorian-style homes out of LEGO. These dilapidated h...
Rainbow Eucalyptus–The Most Colorful Tree on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2011
These trees may look like they've been painted on, but these colors are all natural. This peculiar tree is called Eucalyptus deglupta, ...
Lombard Street–World’s Most Crooked Street?
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2011
Lombard Street in San Francisco is best known for the one-way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, in which the roa...
Massive Wooden Rollercoaster in Abandoned Japanese Amusement Park
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2011
In Japan, there are many amusement parks that are lying in the state of neglect; their owners abandoned them because they became too expensi...
Embroidered Portraits by Cayce Zavaglia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2011
American artist Cayce Zavaglia creates amazingly layered embroidered portraits that look more like paintings than thread work. From her web...
