The Tiger Temple
A place where tourists can pet tigers just like they do their cats, here’s something you don’t see every day. The Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua is Theravada Buddhist forest temple, in Thailand. It has been a sanctuary for many endangered animals for quite some time now, including several tigers. It was […]
The Real Toy Story
No link to Pixar’s animation movies, but just as interesting. The Real Toy Story is an elaborate work of art and a homage to Chinese workers, who produce most of the world’s cheap plastic toys. It all began when German photographer Michael Wolf thought to surprise his son on his birthday. He went to the […]
Zombie wedding
I guess the “till death do you part” has no place here, does it… I wish I could say I’m surprised to see such a display, but it’s not the first time I see something like this. A while ago I posted about the gothic wedding, which was pretty close to this. i suppose I […]
White Diamond, the albino croc
White Diamond is thought to be the only albino crocodile in Europe. And you can go see him if yo fancy a trip to the German village of Hodenhagen, at the Serengeti Safari park, until April 27. White Diamond was born in Louisiana, USA and grew up at an alligator farm in Florida, but has […]
Giant sandstorm in Iraq
Yeah these photos may date back to 2005, but a giant wall of sand moving at 60mph never gets old! These amazing photos were taken by a civilian contractor who was supporting US troops in Iraq. he might be an amateur photographer but he did a pretty good job with these pictures, I must say. […]
Oasis of the Americas
Yet another place I’d like to visit at least once in my lifetime. Sadly I might not get the opportunity, and not because I may not be able to reach it, but just because it may not be there for long. This extraordinary place is in danger, the underground river that supplies the water for […]
The Boy and the Python
Would make a nice book title wouldn’t it? Oeun Sambat is a six-year old boy from Cambodia, who has a very unusual best friend, a huge python called Chamerun (Lucky). If you ask me that should be the boy’s name, he’s lucky that thing hasn’t eaten him yet. Anyway he’s become really popular in the […]
The Giants of the North
Or Gigantes do Norte, in their native Portuguese tongue are a very…special soccer team What makes them so special is the fact that they are all vertically challenged people, playing against under-13 soccer teams in their native Brazilian town of Belem. What’s even more amazing is that they are attracting huge crowds at their matches, […]
Swamp Soccer
If you’re not one of those people who thinks soccer is for pussies, you’re going to love this. Believe it or not, this sport really exists, there are even organized championships in European countries like Finland and the United Kingdom. It originates from Finland, where it was first played by cross-country skiers who were training […]
Matchsticks-made Minas Tirith
Who knew something made of matchsticks could be so impressive! Patrick Acton is an artist from Iowa and apparently a big fan of The Lord of The Rings universe, who uses matchsticks to create his masterpieces. What you see in these photos is just a work in progress, an incomplete model of Minas Tirith, the […]
Retro laptop
I’d love to get this thing as a birthday present. This cool music-box looking thing is Datamancer’s Steampunk laptop. Don’t be fooled by its retro look, there’s a perfect running HP ZT1000 laptop, underneath all that wood and metal gears, it’s even capable of running both Windows and Linux. But nobody really cares about how […]
World’s smallest girl
She may be little but I’m sure she has a great spirit! This it Jyoti Amge, a 15 year old girl from India, that’s about the size of your typical 3 year old. Jyoti suffers from a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia which prevents her body from fully developing; doctors say she’s going to look […]
Japanese Rock’n-Rollers
Here’s what watching movies like Grease too many times can do to a man. I haven’t been able to dig up too much on these silly looking guys, I just know they are some kind of entertainers in Yoyogi Park, Harajuku in Japan. Please, if you know more, don’t hesitate to let everybody know through […]
Real elf ears
How far would you go just to look as your favorite fantasy creature? Well I don’t know if this lady is a big World of Warcraft fan or not, but she definitely has a thing for elves and especially their pointy ears. She even went ahead and surgically modified them just so she could look […]
Cool PC command stations
I didn’t know what else to call these babies and I thought the kinda looked like command stations. I’d be willing to bet the farm that the people who built these bad boys only did it so they can prove they could and to show them off. I mean I can’t imagine what you could […]