CHINA'S UNUSUAL FASHION SHOW

Condoms make a fashion statement

While surfing the net, I came across these cool pics of 'condom-outfits'...for those like me out there, who missed the whole buzz...read on.

At the 4th China Reproductive Health New Technologies and Products Expo in Beijing July 11, 2007, models paraded outfits made out of condoms of all colour, shapes and sizes. Assesories included anything from hats to lollipops. Outfits varied from bikini's to wedding gowns.

The condoms used is from the Guilin Latex Factory, China’s largest condom manufacturer. The goal of the parade is to promote the use of condoms in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

For more unusual uses of codoms see:
CARL DIONISIO'S UNUSUAL BUNGEE JUMP

TIGERS SWIMMING WITH THEIR HUMAN FRIENDS

Playfull kittens!

Animal expert Dr Bhagavan Antle taught the tigers to swim at his sanctuary in Miami.

One-year-old tigers Balavan, Bali and Oden love splashing about in the pool with their handlers, despite weighing in at 14 stones and measuring 6ft 6in, they reach gently for their human friends.

www.mirror.co.uk

LUXURIOUS KERALA HOUSE BOATS

Ever heard of India's Kettuvalloms?












These pics facinated me when I saw them for the first time. I realized that they don't just look like something out of a fairy tale, but the experience on these surreal boats is nothing less than fantacy-like.

India is home to the unique houseboats called Kettuvalloms. These boats were the historic method for transporting rice and other trade through the aqeous centre of Kerala to the ports on the coast at Kollam, Aleppey and Cochin.

Original Kettuvalloms were recreated into houseboats and are now a major tourist attraction. A houseboat is about 67 to 95 feet feet in length and has a width of around 13 feet to in the middle. The materials that go into the making are all local and eco friendly bamboo poles, wood, coconut fiber ropes, bamboo mats, coir carpets etc.

The houseboats have fully furnished single, double, triple and five bedroom suites each with a sundeck, a private balcony with comfortable chairs, a kitchen and a bathroom. Each houseboat boasts a private chef, driver and cabin assistants. While on the boat you can feast on a traditional Kerala cuisine.

While cruising you will see memorable sights such as ancient temples and ruins, oppulant rice fields, water lillies, local villages and coconut groves, A cruise along the palm-fringed waterways of Kerala in a luxury houseboat is the most enchanting holiday experience in India today.

www.keralahouseboat.org