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Dubai UAE: World’s Tallest Hotel Opens Up … Way Way Up


The new Gevora rises almost 1,200 into the sky, topping by a foot or two its next door rival, the JW Marriott Marquis. It has 75 floors of suites and rooms, as well as many luxury features, but doesn’t allow booze to be sold there. Room rates begin at about $60 a night. For booking and other info, go to gevorahotels.com.
Whitstable, UK: WW2 AA Forts, Not Alien Space Ships PDF Print E-mail

Boooo! The ghostly apparitions at the Thames Estuary in Kent look like a spooky H.G. Wells scenario. They’re actually abandoned AA platforms on stilts, built in 1942 as anti-aircraft positions. Called Fort Maunsell, the guns fired at German bombers crossing the Channel to attack London and other English targets. For info about sightseeing cruises in the area, go to www.greta1892.co.uk
 
 
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