http://www.tripandom.com Tripandom is the random travel blog, visiting cool spots from around the world daily. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:05:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1551" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="The Guggenheim"][/caption] Dating back to 1959 the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has become one of the best-known landmarks in New York City and is one of the 20th century's most important architectural buildings. The Guggenheim Museum is home to a renowned permanent collection ... http://www.tripandom.com/usa/the-solomon-r-guggenheim-museum/ [youtube e5ZRQ6shy9A] The 101 floor Taipei 101 is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world and also one of the very few that is transformed into a countdown clock and fireworks display on new years eve. The skyscraper has 8 levels in an Asian pagoda style up to the top of the ... http://www.tripandom.com/asia/new-years-at-taipei-101/ 25.033196 121.564909 [youtube Ps2x_JtMIcI] The biggest annual fireworks display in Australia has to be new years eve on Sydney Harbour. Sydney's Harbour Bridge is the main stage for the fireworks and every year a new theme to accompany the fireworks is created where an icon of the theme is illuminated on the bridge as ... http://www.tripandom.com/australia/sydney-new-years-eve-fireworks/ -33.85316762207572 151.2110137939453 [youtube gxMVlcjP0ug] With new years eve only a few days away we thought we would take a look at some of the celebrations around the world the week on tripandom. One of the most famous new year events is the Times Square Ball Drop where a large ball is dropped down a ... http://www.tripandom.com/usa/times-square-ball-drop/ 40.757584 -73.985642 [youtube YHAmS7AC0aY] The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is an annual stage show fetauring the leggy Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. The 90 minute show combines singing, dancing and humor in a christmas theme. The show is known for it's spectacular stage settings, like in the video above that cleverly moves a ... http://www.tripandom.com/usa/radio-city-christmas-spectacular/ [caption id="attachment_1532" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Christmas Gingerbread"] [/caption] The Christkindlesmarkt or Christmas Markets are in full swing in Germany and the biggest of them all is in Nuremberg where more than 2 million people flock to the Hauptmarkt to buy their goods from the more than 150 stalls. The stalls run for about ... http://www.tripandom.com/europe/germanys-nurenberg-christkindlesmarkt/ We did a story a few months ago in Lego Land in San Diego, well another one of the popular themeparks is being planned for 2013 in Johor State, Malaysia not far from the Singapore border. The park will cost about US$210 to construct and is the first step in ... http://www.tripandom.com/asia/building-with-lego-bricks-in-malaysia/ 1.482075 103.911603   Movieworld on Queensland's Gold Coast is home the Wild West Falls Adventure taking visitors around a old mine site in a log boat. The attraction covers over 28,000 square metres and the huge rendered concrete and steel  Wild West Falls mountain stands 35 metres over the theme park. The boat ... http://www.tripandom.com/australia/a-ride-in-the-wild-west/ -28.00228 153.431052 [caption id="attachment_1514" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Caesars Monuments"][/caption] Caesars Palace is probably the best know of the huge theme hotel casino complexes in Las Vegas. Opening in 1966 as a 680 room resort the hotel now has over 3300 rooms and has nearly 15500 square metres of gaming area and has resident performers ... http://www.tripandom.com/uncategorized/caesars-palace-las-vegas/ 36.233049 -115.242288 [caption id="attachment_1510" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Paris Casino"][/caption] It's Vegas week here at Tripandom and we thought we'd start with one of our favorites the Paris casino situated on the Las Vegas Strip. The casino features a 5/8ths scale replica of the Eiffel Tower (they wanted to build a full size one but the airport was ... http://www.tripandom.com/usa/paris-las-vegas/ 36.11256997721347 -115.17205953598022