Travel
Time and mobility are signs of the new rich, and given our affinity for globe-trotting, you’ll be able to share in our adventures through a series of drunken photos and videos. Oh, and we’ll try to post travel tips as well. Suggestions on places to stay, restaurants to dine at, and clubs to party at. The world is your oyster.
Over the last couple of years we’ve shown you some very unique places to stay at while you’re traveling around the world and today we would like to introduce you to Tubo Hotel, located in Tepoztlan, Mexico, just outside of Mexico City.
The Tubo Hotel is designed by T3arc Architecture and is a hotel where guests sleep in recycled concrete drainage pipes. To keep construction costs low, drainage pipes that didn’t meet the required specs to be used as drainage pipes were bought and converted into hotel rooms. To make better use of the available land, the concrete pipes were placed in a pyramid format, two at the bottom and one on top of them. continue reading →
In the Netherlands, a country of modest people and humble structures, stands a climbing wall that is anything but. The Excalbur climbing wall at the Klimcentrum Bjoeks Climbing Center in Groningen, the Netherlands, is the world’s tallest climbing wall. Reaching a maximum height of 121ft, this massive climbing wall dwarfs everything around it.
I’ve done a little bit of climbing over the years, and climbing walls a fraction of Excalibur’s height were terrifying for me at first. I can’t even imagine climbing the full height of this wall; I think I would continue reading →
About a year ago we wrote a post on the very awesome tree house community of Finca Bellavista located in Costa Rica. If taking a trip all the way down to Costa Rica is out of your budget, there is an alternative; Michael Grainer has built a small village of tree houses in Oregon, just like the Ewoks in the Star Wars movie.
Michael Grainer runs the tree house village as a bed and breakfast at very affordable prices; he also sells equipment needed to build tree houses. Fair Companies took a trip to the tree house village showcasing some of some of the cool rooms you can stay in, in the video below. The videos also showcase Grainer’s own house, which is, of course a tree house and according to him, is the world’s biggest tree house. It measures 1,800 square feet and is supported by continue reading →
In May 2011, the Knuffingen Airport at the Miniatur Wunderland (German for Miniature Wonderland) was completed and is currently the world’s largest model airport. But the airport is only part of the Wonderland attraction. The exhibit started as a model railway attraction in Hamburg, Germany and is the largest of its kind in the world.
The model railway consists of seven sections: Harz (fictitious city of Knuffingen), Hamburg, Scandinavia, Switzerland, the Alps and Austria, and America. The model railway takes up approximately 1,150 m2 of floor space. Each section has unique landscapes and the railway exhibit showcases details that the specific regions are known for in the real world. For example, the ‘America’ section has highlights such as Las Vegas with over 30,000 lights, the Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountains, Area 51, Miami, the Everglades, and so on. When you watch the promotional video below, you will also find funny interactive scenes such as people having sex in a van or a not so funny scene such the police investigating a crime scene. continue reading →
I always love watching time-lapse videos, no matter what the content or subject matter is about. I find that most of them have a sort of grand scale to them, or perhaps even a unique sense of importance. Time-lapse videos represent time compressed; they allow us to see big details about a little thing, or in the case of this video, a lot of interesting things in short order – such as the 17 countries that Kien visited.
After quitting his job last year, Kien Lam packed his bags and purchased a one way ticket to London. 343 days, and 17 countries later, we get continue reading →
Unfinished Man’s travel expert, Chad, can be found hanging out in the ghettos of Belize or the busy bazaars of Egypt when he isn’t stuck in Vancouver, BC writing articles for you guys. Although he hasn’t officially been mugged or robbed (yet), the Patagonia Travel Belt is just the thing for him or anyone who travels a lot, or if you simply happen to live in an area where you shouldn’t be carrying cash.
Although you can’t fit your ID in it, the Patagonia Travel Belt can hold pretty much most of the world’s available currency. If you really wanted, you could also hide your folded passport in the belt. Of course, the belt also functions as a belt that will help you keep your pants on. continue reading →
Although not the first to use recycled shipping containers to create a shopping center, Boxpark is London’s and the “world’s first” pop-up mall. The Boxpark Shoreditch Mall is made of 60 recycled shipping containers and is home to numerous independent brands.
The 60 containers at Boxpark are painted black and white to give it a contemporary feel and look. The recycled shipping containers are stacked two-story high and five containers wide. The shops on the first floor are home to designer brands, footwear, and casual wear clothing. The upper floor of Boxpark is more spread out and features restaurants and coffee shops with outdoor benches and tables for visitors to eat and relax. continue reading →
Earlier this year I had an opportunity to visit a place I had never heard of to partake in an adventure of the Indiana Jones variety. Among other things, I spent four days in the heart of the Belizean jungle with only a guide, a pack full of water, and a machete. But I’m getting a bit ahead of myself here. This entire crazy adventure started at a small lodge called Ian Anderson’s Caves Branch in the jungles of Belize. Ian Anderson is a Canadian ex-pat who visited Belize, fell in love, and opened his own adventure company there. I mean, why not, right?
If you’re looking for high adventure in an exotic location, and don’t mind getting your hands dirty, continue on to read my full review of the facilities and adventures that Caves Branch offers. I’ll also provide a ton of pictures, and a bunch of seemingly random but hopefully useful anecdotes about my experiences at Caves Branch. continue reading →
If it’s your first time visiting Egypt (or any other 3rd world country), you’re in for a bit of a surprise. When it comes to buying things, haggling is the order of the day. See that ticket price? Yeah, didn’t think so. All prices are negotiable, and you can save yourself a bundle by following a few simple rules. After having spent three weeks in the middle east and making every mistake possible, I’ve learned – through trial and error and some good advice – how to get a good deal without pulling my hair out in the process. Believe it or not, haggling in Egypt can actually be fun! continue reading →
A few weeks ago I flew into Cairo, Egypt, a place which many news agencies reported as being a hotbed of political unrest and violence. At the time, my friends and family sent me emails asking me if I okay, and what was happening. They told me that news agencies described Egypt as being in chaos, with fires burning uncontrolled in the streets. It’s true, Egypt was in a state of unrest.The massive crowds that gathered in Tahrir Square - totalling over 3.2 million at one point – were a clear sign that something was up, but was the situation really as bad as the media portrayed it? continue reading →
