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Elephant Parade London

London is currently under siege by 258 beautifully painted elephants. Each elephant has been hand-painted by a different artist or celebrity and then placed out on the streets (a few are indoors). On a visit to the city earlier this week, I managed to see just 16 of them, a few of which are featured here, the rest of which can bee seen on Flickr.

The aim of the exhibition is to raise awareness of the urgent plight of the Asian Elephant. You can found out more at the official website, which also includes a map to help you find them all.

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Live From Wembley Arena

Flight of the Conchords

The other night, I went to Wembley Arena in London to see the supremely funky and funny Flight of the Conchords. Here’s a short snippet from the beginning of the 2 hour set starting with an ad for New Zealand followed by hilarious banter.

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UK Airspace Closes Again

British & Irish airspace is currently in the process of closing down yet again as a result of the ash that continues to spew from the volcano at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland. As I write, most of Britain is a no-fly zone with all London airports (including Europe’s busiest, Heathrow) set to close shortly for possibly 48 hours.

The video above, filmed earlier this month, captures the eerie beauty that quite often comes with all things Icelandic. The menace, sheer power and means to cause such disruption to human life is almost lost behind a mesmerising veil.

Eyjafjallajokull Eruption Continues

The volcano at Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland continues to cause problems. Activity has increased of late which is once again affecting air travel. According to maps from the BBC, a massive cloud of ash is currently sitting over the North Atlantic Ocean. Winds are mostly southerly right now, so disruption is limited to western extremes (Spain, Portugal and as of today, Morocco). I have friends flying back to the UK from Tunisia tomorrow. It remains to be seen whether they’ll make it. Foresters predict the UK may be affected by airspace closure later in the week.

The photos in this post were taken by one of my Flickr contacts, orvaratli. I ‘friended’ orvaratli some time ago after discovering his staggering photos from all over Iceland. Lately, he’s been focussing his attention on the volcano with truly breathtaking results.

For the latest on the volcano situation, keep an eye on the UK Met Office website who are writing daily updates on their blog.

Coop Beachtour

As you may have gathered from previous posts, I’m a webcam fan. It’s nice to be able to see live snapshots of life from cities all around the world from the convenience of my iPhone. Most of the webcams I visit regularly are of Swiss scenes (as you may have guessed). One such scene is of Barfüsserplatz in Basel. Normally a reasonably quiet market square with constant visits from green and yellow trams, last weekend when I dropped by, things were looking a little different.

Barfüsserplatz in Basel

After a few minutes of research, I managed to find out that this was the second event in the Coop Beachtour, a series of seven Beach Volleyball meets. Courts are set up for around four days before being dismantled and moved on. Three days later, normality had returned.

Barfüsserplatz in Basel

The next event takes place 11-14 June in Locarno before heading on to Geneva, Zug, Winterthur and Bern. Visit the website for more information.

Worldwide Annoyance At Euro 2008 Power Cut

Turkey Fans

Last night, a global crisis occurred. The football went off air. Breathe deeply and hold someone’s hand as we look at how the world coped. As you’ll know, the Euro 2008 championships have been taking place in Switzerland and Austria. So far, everything’s gone without a hitch, perhaps helped considerably by England’s absence from the competition. Last night was perhaps the best match of the tournament so far, the semi-final between Germany and Turkey. In the 58th minute of yesterday’s match, just as the match looked as if it was turning into a thriller, television pictures around the world began to break up, eventually freezing.

Olympic Torch Relay 2008

Something I’m currently fascinated by is the Olympic Torch Relay, something I’m sure my Twitter followers will testify. I’ve been enthusiastically posting my observations of the torch relay to Twitter over the course of the last week. Today, I thought I’d create a post summarising those thoughts.

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