Mario’s World

Came across some interesting facts about the Airport Duty Free at  Singapore on SimpliFlying. They sold 4.5 million boxes of chocolates last year. Also found out that the UK duty free chain sells about 92 tonnes of chocolates just during Christmas alone. That’s a lot of chocolate! We normally pickup 3-4 boxes of chocolates every [...]

I just came across these airplane pics of Kulula. Great paint job! I feel more airlines should get creative like this. I’m trying to imagine what something like this would look like in Arabic. Kuwait Airways, maybe a new paint job “تحلق 101” could be part of your restructuring plan.

On our last vacation in India we managed to visit the beaches at Goa as well as Chennai. There was a huge difference in the lifeguad / beach patrol services at both places. In Goa they patrol the beaches in jeeps equipped with surf boards and other life saving necessities. The lifeguards themselves wear sea-worthy [...]

Ro and I stepped into this hotel for dinner and since it was Wedding Season in Sri Lanka, the hallway at one point was blocked for the wedding procession. And the procession was led by “Ves” dancers. Seems its a tradition at most weddings to hire “Ves” dancers. These guys are amazing. They wear about [...]

What is happening in Goa? In most villages along the main roads you can see these “do not dump your garbage here” signs and people seem to dump their garbage only in those places.

I found this video on YouTube. Reminds me of the Jetsons. This is travel in 2121. I think most of this is possible in the next 5-10 years. Well almost at least, I doubt the bit with the Martians will happen anytime soon.

I took the picture above at Chennai airport. This is at the section just after immigration. As you can see, everybody (except Ro and I) were crowding at one spot, all of them trying to get a glimpse of the bomb. Yes, there was a bomb alert, with a guy in full bomb disposal armor and 2 [...]

I found this very interesting chart on global airline traffic at Amadeus. It’s based on a study between airconomy and Amadeus. I’m not surprised to see the 13.4% increase in air travel between Asian countries and the Middle East. Looks like Qatar Airways and Emirates are the key players boosting air traffic to/from and via [...]

Our tour guide took us to the famous Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens at Kandy in Sri Lanka. The garden was very nicely laid out with lots of interesting species of trees, herbs and flowers. They had a lot of exotic looking plants as well and some great landscaping. Even more interesting were the dozens (or [...]

Yes, you read that sign correctly. “Poo Paper Sold Here”. And you thought you were saving trees by not using paper! Think again. The paper you are using could have started out as elephant poo.  All the more reason to go digital and save paper. I caught that sign while visiting the elephant orphanage in Sri [...]