Gondola ride in Mammoth

http://www.barona.com/gondola_game/?promo=VIDEO Visit the site to play the new Gondola Game and enter to win a trip for two to Italy.

The singer is Vienna Teng, and she sings the classic song, Green Island Serenade. Checkout her live DVD at http://viennateng.com/merch/
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They had just completed the Makong Gondola, and it was   more...a big deal... so I had to go and see what the fuss was about. It was cool.  less

Breaking news from Pusan, South Korea. A ferris wheel gondola at the World Carnival mobile amusement park set up across the street from my house broke loose and crashed down on to another gondola. 5   more...people fell 65 feet to their death.  less

The first ride of this kind to be built in the United States.
The cable was 2,400 feet long with 44 gondolas.
The Skyway stations were equiped with a large digital meter to gauge wind speed. It usually   more...flutuated between zero and three knots. If the meter hit twelve knots employees shut the ride down.
For dangerous situations, in the mid-1970s Disneyland installed speakers on the Skyway towers and microphones in the stations. By depressing the "All Ride" switch, operators could give announcements or warnings "from on high." Hosts were to use the device for emergencies only, since upon hearing a deep voice suddenly resounding from the sky, guests typically froze in terror. As such, the device became known as "the God Switch."
The buckets reached a height of 60 feet.
The drive mechanism was in the Fantasyland side with a 35 thousand pound ballast on the Tomorrowland side to keep the cable tight.
Skyway was built by Von Roll Iron Works of Bern Switzerland.
The first gondolas had fiberglass patio chairs bolted in them.
During construction of the New Fantasyland in 1984 the Skyway ran roundtrip only.
Complete video of Disneyland's Skyway at DLDHistory.com  less

In part 6, the Noswonkys ride a gondola, meet a robot and eat breakfast.

One of the many things I love about visiting Europe over the years, is that many cities and towns have inviting, comfortable, open plaza areas where people hang around, or people watch, or play board   more...games like chess, or visit with friends, or eat in outdoor cafes, or, or, or.

As an architect, I was very happy when I first learned in 1997 that the owners of the $1.5 billion Venetian Hotel/Casino had made the wise decision to allow the project architects to incorporate a mini-version of such a user friendly environment inside the Venetian, with the construction of a piazza and gondola canal area. It’s easy to see that visitors to the Venetian really enjoy the ambiance of these areas, and tend to linger here to enjoy watching the performers and living statues, or to enjoy a meal there, so here is a short video showing some of these inviting communal areas of the Venetian, along with an opening video clip of some of the exterior of the Venetian property.

The song for the video is “Say” by John Mayer.  less

I haven't seen too many chinese street performers in Taipei. They're typically white foreigners from the USA or Canada. Occasionally, you'll see an african american do some breakdancing moves on the   more...street with a loud boom box. I've yet to see a chinese or asian non-taiwanese foreigner from the USA do street performance.  less

Apartments in St Mark Square - venice -
Beautiful landscape

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Visit to Venice coming by boat from Yugoslavia

This flaxen-haired fashion beauty makes waves in the canals of Venice, Italy!

On www.onemodelplace.com, you can find the world's largest collection of portfolios featuring models, photographers, playmates,   more...maxim girls, bikinis, non nude models, and superstars.  less