Isla Mujeres (Island Week 5)

Cozumel may be the best-known island off the coast of the Yucatán, but Isla Mujeres rivals—if not surpasses—the beauty of that vacation destination. As this sign will tell you, Isla Mujeres is the easternmost point of Mexico. In fact, it's…

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Wednesday, 29th September 2010

Suwarrow (Island Week 5)

Do you think it's possible in today's world to have an unclaimed treasure chest buried on a beautiful, remote island in the south Pacific? Well if there's anywhere in the world that it might be possible, it would be Suwarrow…

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Tuesday, 28th September 2010

The Sea Forts of Copenhagen (Island Week 5)

In the waters off the Danish capital, there are three artificial islands1 created as sea forts to protect Copenhagen harbour. Situated about 3km from shore is the largest of the three, Middelgrundsfortet, which is actually the world's largest sea fort.…

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Monday, 27th September 2010

Island Week 5

Those of you paying close attention to our broadcasting schedule will no doubt have noticed that we missed this year's annual Island Week, which began taking place in August 2006. Those of you paying even closer attention might have noticed…

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Monday, 27th September 2010

ABC News on Google’s Street View

A very warm welcome to all our new readers who found out about Google Sightseeing via a mention on ABC News' Nightline show1 the other night. We have over 5 years' of archive posts for you to explore and you…

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Thursday, 23rd September 2010

‘Creative’ Neighbours

Many people may complain about their neighbours for relatively minor reasons - perhaps music is played too loud, or they don't mow their lawn very often. Selection of paint colour, or exterior decorations are also hot topics, but there are…

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Wednesday, 22nd September 2010

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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