Google Earth
I have finally found my new addiction. Anyone who hasn't discovered Google Earth yet must have been living in a cave for the last year, but only recently have I realised that I can quite happily waste hours on it, scouring the world for places of beauty. After all, the World is a beautiful place. It's massive too.
Obviously, the first place to look for is your own house. Could that be Beverley parked over the road?
Second stop - Bedminster. This shot features our local haunt the Baccy Factory, plus the mighty Ashton Gate, Only Fools and Horses' Nelson Mandela House, and Greville Smyth Park where Jonny once got knocked unconscious when he got elbowed in the back of the head playing for Hope FC, in a vicious cup game a couple of years ago.
Having checked out the local hood it's all too tempting to scour the world for famous landmarks...
Not sure why anyone would want to go here, mind you...
Inevitably the temptation to find some places you've been on holiday will then hit you.
Dahab, Egypt:
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam:
Frankfurt Am Main, Germany:
Savanakhet, Cambodia:
Bangkok, Thailand (Yes, it's the Khao San Road)
Dubai, UAE: (Admittedly, I never left the airport)
Next on the list are the politically sensitive areas.
Pyongyang, North Korea:
The border of the West Bank, Israel: (I was looking for the wall for some time, to no avail)
Huge Palace in Baghdad, Iraq:
Personally, the thing I enjoy the most is seeing the huge contrast between different parts of the World. For example, Hollywood and Mumbai:
Avonmouth and Antigua!
So anyway, that's what I've been doing recently. Good riddens poker.
posted by Andy @ 1:07 pm
6 comments
6 Comments:
Excellent work with the pictures there Andy.
Have you tried finding where we live in Manly on Google Earth? It's worth a look and another good comparison. Bedmo vs Manly.
Good work finding the Khao San Road as well - that couldn't have been too easy.
Also, thanks for reminding me about that eventful day playing football whilst having awful food poisoning from a dodgy Keema naan.
Cheers Jonny, I only managed to find the Khao San Road by finding the Grand Palace and following the route from there.
I'm not really sure that
Bedminster and Manly make a great comparison, other than for you to laugh with glee at how much nicer your new location is. Yes, well done.
That's brilliant Andy, excellent work again.
I have to say that it's a little bit similar to the Avonmouth vs Antigua comparison, which is nice! (obviously Bedmo is a whole lot better than Avonmouth though, but you see what I mean).
And yes, I am laughing with glee, whilst feeling rather smug at the same time...if that's possible!
Oh, and is that Bianca outside Aubrey Road?
Andy mate, seriously, you need to get a job ;-)
My town wont come up on google earth, guess its too insignificant :(
the city of Zurich does though
Great Blog Andy ...
(thats all i seem to write about your blogs !!! whatever happened to just being mean ???)
What a rubbish blog Andy - seriously you need to get a life and stop being such a loser .. ahh thats better.
Loved the google earth stuff - ive been ,marvelling at it for some time now but never thought of travelling the world with it like you have ... i guess giving up gambling makes you quite a creative person hey???
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