Inamo Restaurant in London
Inamo Restaurant in London brings a unique experience for their customers. An interactive table that is the menu at the same time. I guess they would loose a lot of time just for people to play and have fun with it.
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Kuwait’s Desert in Spring
Nice short documentary about Kuwaiti desert in spring. We really don’t have such content in the middle-east so it’s nice to see such a decent effort.
Kuwait’s Desert in Spring الربيع في صحراء الكويت from Ali Younis on Vimeo.
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Burj Khalifa – Dubai, tallest structure in the world
When it comes to Guinness records in construction, very often you’re being chased, and will get left only second best, by Dubai. Their latest Burj Khalifa skycraper which opened in the 4th of January this year, is just another perfect example, setting up 14 world records, mostly related to heights. The construction which took 5 years to complete now resembles the tallest man-made structure ever built, rising up 828 m high, leaving Warsaw radio mast second with 646.38 m, and that’s not even for residential use.
The cost of this project alone is $1.5 billions, part of the $20 billion Downtown Dubai. Only in Dubai in such down time worldwide economic crisis would you see these spendings. Spendings that in March 2009 made office space of 1 sq ft cost $4,000, that’s $43,000 per square meter. Now when the project was still in construction, I used to ask my self how comfortable would I be living in a never tried before heights, how convenient would it be if I reach 800 m high, only to realize I forgot my laptop in the car. That’s a long ride isn’t it?
But that’s just me, and they probably have it figured out. And it’s not like I’ll be able to afford it anyhow. But with such prices, who can? How many would be able to, and how many would agree to make such an investment. Is there really a payback period for this project? Or is it meant as another symbol for Dubai like Burj Al-Arab? Remember we’re not adding up the maintenance cost here. Can you imagine the cost of just cleaning up these windows?
Apparently, it would take 36 workers three to four months to wash up the 24,348 windows of the building. Mind you these aren’t regular window washers, but rather ones with exceptional bravery for heights and strong winds.
The Observation Deck:
On January 5th, At The Top, third highest observation deck in the world, opened on the 124th floor, at a hight of 442 m, only to be closed to the public 3 days later, after a power supply failure locked tourists in the elevator for 45 minutes. Rumors spread about the reopening of the deck on February 14th, but apparently they are just that, rumors. So tourists don’t raise your hopes in getting anything more than a close look at the building from outside right now, or else you’ll end up like others.
Outside Burj Khalifa:
Outside the skycraper lays the the $217 million record fountain system called Dubai Fountain. The fountain is a masterpiece by it self (see video below). Also, Burj Khalifa park surrounds the building spreading across 27-acre, mimicing the core design concepts of the building it self, which is based on the desert flower, Hymenocallis.
Videos:
Something that beautiful can’t be described in words, and no, not even a picture would do. Enjoy these video collections.
Did you see the writings on the wall?
First day of observation deck opening.
Window cleaning has never been more difficult.
Dubai Fountain
World record base jumping off Burj Khalifa
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Dubai’s Shark Aquarium leaks and gets evacuated
One of the largest aquariums in the world, and one that is full of sharks, Dubai Mall’s Aquarium suffered minor water leakage that caused evacuation and chaos. A visitor it seems caught this short video for us to watch.
Apparently, the incident was caused by a silicon joint failure, and was quickly put under control.
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Beijing 2009 Snow
The 40 years low 2009 Beijing snow which canceled hundreds of flights, and shat down schools.
And more here.
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7ojozat.com Brief Tour
This is a quick tour of the site 7ojozat.com on how to use it to search and compare hotel prices, find available hotel, and book for lowest prices. It’s available in HD and regular format. Hope you like it.
Go now and try it out on 7ojozat.com.
Arabic version of the video here.
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The Dynamic Tower
Imagine an 80-floor tower that changes shape… Constantly, rotating, every second. Not the whole building, but each and every floor of it, on it’s own, rotating in it’s own direction, as desired. How much energy would such a building require, if it is possible that is. What would you say if Mr. David Fisher, it’s designer, is going to have the building powers it self? By placing giant wind turbines between the floors, in addition to the solar panel powers, the building will not only have enough energy for it self, but it’s going to power the buildings around it as well! And if all of this seems like a mission impossible to accomplish, the team behind it have made the design even easier than ever for construction, allowing for first time offices to be completely built in the factory, and then attached to the building, decreasing construction time, hazard, cost, and workers on-site.
Watch all of this and more in the video below.
For more of such magnificent designs of the future, including the floating iceberg hotel, new Barcelona Stadium, and more… check out conceirge.com.
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Think outside earth, think space travel
And if you are space traveling, don’t forget to compare hotel rates here. Naah just kidding. There aren’t any space hotels yet to compare 
. Spaceship is your hotel, so you better like it! And I doubt they will have indoor swimming pools as well.
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Beautiful Poland Nature
Travel to Poland the Most Beautiful Country to Visit – The best bloopers are here
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Mardan Palace – Europe’s most expensive hotel opening in June
No recession, and neither a disease spread is gonna half the opening of the newest most expensive hotel in Europe, situated in Antalya, Turkey with a cost of $1.4 billion dollar. Mardan Palace is scheduled to open this June offering 560 rooms, 2 of which are royal suites that are in the reach of people welling to spend $18,000 for a night of sleep.
Official Website: http://www.mardanpalace.com/
News Source & More Info: Gadling
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More Hotels in Antalya: http://hotels.7ojozat.com/City/Antalya.htm
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