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FreakJet – Travel Fails at Their Finest

May 23rd, 2011 — 11:45am

FreakJet

We’ve all seen plenty of silly cat pictures and videos of kids crashing on skateboards on the internet, and finally we have a site that caters to the wacky and weird of travel. FreakJet is that site, and they post pictures of the oddest people you’d ever see at the airport – and as we all know there are a lot of odd people at the airport. Thanks for making me laugh today FreakJet!

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Maho Beach Airplane Landing

March 2nd, 2011 — 4:43pm

A few very popular videos on YouTube show the crazy views of airplanes landing just past Maho Beach on St. Maarten, where the runway starts almost at the top of the beach. Photographer Thomas Prior spent a week there and watched nearly 60 planes take off and land, and captured some amazing shots. Part of a series of “reckless fun”, they are definitely worth checking out!

Thomas Prior (via Turnstyle)

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Hotel Photo Fakeouts

February 21st, 2011 — 5:47am

You know the feeling: You show up at the expensive resort expecting to be awed by the serenity of the waves and the solitude pictured on their website, but instead you’re met by the sounds of the busy nearby freeway, low flying airplanes, and the next door speedboat terminal. You’re the victim of a photo fakeout.

For example, Sofitel L.A. See if you can spot the different between these two photos:

photo fakeout fake

This is the photo from Sofitel's website

photo fakeout real

This is a photo taken by a traveller

If you don’t look closely, you can’t see the minor difference. I’ll give you a hint: It’s 40,000 square feet, 3 stories, and doesn’t rhyme with “Nordstrom”.

Hotel booker Oyster.com collects and posts great examples of photo fakeouts on their site, and while they’re good for a laugh, it’s probably not a laughing matter when it happens to you!

Read more at Oyster.com

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