Being usually one of the hottest cities on earth you wouldn’t expect to be able to play in the snow year round or even have an encounter with a penguin. Well in Dubai just about everything is possible. Ski Dubai is an amazing snow theme park that is located in the giant Mall of the Emirates and has about three football fields worth of snow, a chair lift, five different runs and even a 85 metre high man made mountain. There a areas for skiing, toboggan runs and just kicking back enjoying the cold and playing in the snow. The temperature in the complex is set to around -1 degree Celsius, this could be up to 5o degrees colder than the outside temperature during Dubai’s hot summer. The park opened in 2005 and is one of the premier attractions in this incredible desert city. Read the rest of this entry »
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a large aerospace museum that serves as an annex of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Located in Chantilly, Virginia, this museum boasts one of the most impressive collections of spacecraft and aircraft anywhere in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
The Seattle Museum of Flight is located at King County International Airport, better known as Boeing Field on the outskirts of Seattle, Washington. This aviation museum opened in 1965 and is one of the premier museums of its type in the United States, being home to the largest private air and space museum in the world.
The museum is spread over two large annexes and also features a large outdoor area where some of the larger aircraft are on display.
Highlights include the City of Everett, the first ever Boeing 747, a British Airway’s Concorde and the first presidential jet that served the US President between 1959 and 1996.
New York City’s Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum is a wonderful display set upon the USS Intrepid a Essex class aircraft carrier that was built during World War II. The ship forms part of a spectacular museum that features a wide range of military, civilian and passenger aircraft. The two biggest iconic attractions are the Concorde and the Space Shuttle Enterprise that made its home at the museum in July of 2012.
The Intrepid is located at Pier 86 off 46th Street on the west side of Manhattan within walking distance of many of New York’s major attractions.
Any city we visit we always like to find a cool bar to have a refreshing beer at and they don’t come much cooler than Rudy’s in New York’s Hells Kitchen. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, it is often hard to imagine the extent of destruction suffered by some European cities during World War II. While most cities and towns were quickly rebuilt after the war, one village has been preserved as a memorial to the victims who once lived there. Read the rest of this entry »
Coney Island was once considered one of the world’s greatest amusement parks, but that was a very, very long time ago. Today, it features a handful of small attractions, a few shops, food vendors, a large boardwalk, and a beach. Before World War II, Coney Island was the biggest amusement park in the United States, attracting millions of visitors annually. Now, the area is a shadow of its former self, with some parts looking quite run-down. Various plans to restore or redevelop the area have been proposed over the years, but none have gained significant momentum. However, this may not be a bad thing, as some of the venues in the area possess a quaint charm that would be a great loss if they were destroyed. Read the rest of this entry »
Amongst the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan, tucked away on the Lower East Side, is the South Street Seaport—one of New York City’s thriving heritage villages. The precinct was once an important trading port between the 1820s and the 1860s, but like most cities around the world, modernisation and the need for more space moved the port facilities away from the heart of the city. Read the rest of this entry »
