For the ultimate cruise experience without the risks of ocean-bailouts, you will need to check out this Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Turkey which is made up of a regular cruise ship without the engine.

remember the boat-shaped shopping centre that was doing the rounds a few weeks ago? i’ve found something similar, but bigger. it may be a gimmick but it makes for some great photos.

all i know about this beast is that it’s a 325 room hotel (land-based). it’s been built to look like a cruise ship, it cost around us$50m to build, it’s called the ‘queen elizabeth hotel’ and it can be found between the turkish towns of kemer and antalya. unfortunately it also doesn’t exist yet on google maps. have any of you people stayed there? if so, does the manager dress like the captain of an actual ship?

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Google and Disney, have teamed up to brings you 3D Tour of the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Company.

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If you are heading out to Bangkok, Thailand, you should make sure to check out the Grand Palace (พระบรมมหาราชวัง, Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang).

It’s the official residence of the king of Thailand from the 18th century to mid-20th century.

Travel Resources:

Grand Palace on Google Maps

Grand Palace on Wikipedia

Video Preview of Grand Palace on Youtube:

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Here’s a GPS device that can track your travel paths.  Simply insert couple batteries, travel, then after your travels, plug it back into your computer and see where you’ve traveled on Google Earth.

It works anywhere on the planet. Traveled locations can be shown via a red line that is traced on satellite photos and 3D terrain using the latest mapping technologies from Google™ Earth. Trackstick continuously records its exact route, stop times, speed, direction, and other valuable information, all of which can be quickly downloaded and viewed on your computer.

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Want to try the minimalist pipe hotel next time you are in Austria? Here’s a dream pipe hotel for snowboarders who want to sleep in a pipe!

(Can’t read German? Here’s Google machine translation

As offer to everyday life refugees, culture travelers, cyclists,… or those the one little distance to the daily surrounding field and a new inspirative environment to individual horizon the extension search, would like to offer those park hotel with its on substantial reduced luxury, temporary, comfortable, uncomplicated at home.

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