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Sydney Opera House and steps

Sydney Opera House tiles

Sydney Opera House tiles

Yachting on Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney Harbour Bridge

See below for a three amazing photos uploaded to Flickr by Gocarrt. They were taken on the tiny Caribbean island of St Maarten (Dutch) / St Martin (French). Occupying an area of just 37 square miles, St Maarteen / St Martin is the smallest land mass to be ruled by two governments, in [...]

Nick at the King’s summer palace outside Stockholm, Sweden.

Nick and Jorun at the King’s summer palace.

Jimmy freezing his arse off near the King’s summer palace.

View of Stockholm over the water.

Mosaic inside the Stockholm town hall.

Watch out for the Swedish police informerkat!

Northern Ireland and England edition.

Giants Causeway, County Antrim.

Giants Causeway, County Antrim.

Giants Causeway, County Antrim.

Nationalist mural, Northern Ireland.

Nationalist mural, Northern Ireland.

Old Bailey, London.

The Republic of Ireland edition.

Newgrange burial chamber, County Meath.

Irish sunrise, County Donegal.

Guinness ad, County Kerry.

Pub at the church ahead, County Kerry.

One of the Lakes of Killarney.

Ancient burial site, County Killarney.

Jimmy kissing the Blarney Stone, County Cork.

Still in Greece, this time at Delphi, located 150km north-west of Athens on the slopes of the holy Mount Parnassus. Although well known for its artistic and athletic spectacles, Delphi is most famous for the oracle who held court in the temple of Apollo and dispensed wisdom to those who visited. To the ancient Greeks, [...]

Anyone looking for a car? Izmir, Turkey.

The Parthenon is a known as a Doric peripteral temple, built on a rectangular floor surrounded by a series of low steps and a colonnade of Doric columns. The main temple contains no absolutely straight lines, giving a slightly softer character to what is otherwise a strongly geometric structure.

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A word for the wise.
Next time you find yourself drunk in a late-night Turkish bar talking to a girl who says she’ll do a favour for you if you do one for her, just say “No”. Otherwise, six hours later, you may find yourself in the back seat of a 1960s model Landrover whilst suffering [...]