Apr 25th, 2013 at 3:00PM: A proposed bus route from England to Pakistan has been delayed due to trouble getting permits, the BBC reports.
The proposed route is the brainchild of Tahir Khokher, transport chief for the Mirpur region of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. The route starts in the northern English city of Birmingham, where many Pakistanis from the Mirpur region live, and runs 4,000 miles through Europe, Turkey, and ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Planned England To Pakistan Bus Route Hits Bump In The Road
Apr 25th, 2013 at 3:00PM: A proposed bus route from England to Pakistan has been delayed due to trouble getting permits, the BBC reports.
The proposed route is the brainchild of Tahir Khokher, transport chief for the Mirpur region of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. The route starts in the northern English city of Birmingham, where many Pakistanis from the Mirpur region live, and runs 4,000 miles through Europe, Turkey, and ...The Southern Road: The Next Bend In The Road
Sep 10th, 2012 at 10:00AM: In Alabama, they say that Huntsville has the intellect; Birmingham has the money; Montgomery has the power; and Mobile has the bay.
Soon enough, Mobile also will have airplanes, which will be built at a factory that Airbus plans to open in 2016. And from there, the same folks that brought you the southern auto industry hope they can develop a southern aviation corridor.
And while it's still ...The Southern Road: The Perks Of Gas Station Food
Sep 7th, 2012 at 3:00PM: The South has its highways, but in order to get to some places, you have to take four-lane or two-lane roads. That's where you'll find gas stations. And in many gas stations, you'll find food.
Up north, hardly anybody I know eats food from a gas station, unless they're starving and it has a Subway attached. Down south, gas station food is its own form of cuisine. If you're fortunate, you can ...10 Tips For A Southern Road Trip
Sep 4th, 2012 at 1:00PM:
On my trip through the new industrial South, I drove more than 4,000 miles, visiting 10 cities and nine factories in 10 days. The scenery ranged from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Gulf Coast, from live oaks to pines. Along the way, I sampled gourmet cuisine and boiled peanuts, gas station cuisine and outstanding fast food. Here are my top 10 tips for planning your Southern road trip.
1) ...The Southern Road: Traveling Through The New Industrial America
Sep 4th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
If you're not from the American South, you probably have an image of it in your head. It might have squealing pickup trucks and Daisy Dukes. Or hoop skirts and cotton plantations from "Gone With The Wind." Maybe the streetcars of New Orleans, or the twang of Paula Deen.
What if I told you that the American South has become a land of opportunity, where people no longer have to leave home to ...A real life 'Hostel' situation: Iraqi man found dead at Birmingham hostel identified
Feb 9th, 2012 at 4:30PM: An Iraqi man who was found dead in his Birmingham hostel room earlier this week has been identified by police, BBC reports.
The man has been identified as Bakhitar Ahmad Kheder Mirawdali, 40. He was was found by a member of staff at the hostel in Soho Road, Handsworth on February 2 and is believed to have died of a wound to the neck.
BBC is reporting that Mirawdali had been granted political ...Photo of the day -- spring in England
Apr 1st, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Today's Photo of the Day captures early spring in England. In late spring and summer, this canal will burst with color. For now, spring appears fragile and embryonic. Winter hasn't yet been overwhelmed by verdant green, and the chief source of color is provided by the red boat gliding across the canal.
Flickr user Kumukulanui shot this image on England's Worcester-Birmingham Canal last ...Caught on tape: Basketball shot made from a theme park ride
Aug 17th, 2010 at 6:30PM: Do you remember those Hampton Inn Hilton Honors Points commercials from a couple of years back with the amazing basketball shots? Teen boys banked shots off roofs and stairways or used a tennis racket to shoot them into the goal. The ads were all followed by the tagline "Want an easier way to score points?"
It turns out those were real teens, shooting real videos at their homes in Alabama, and ...Mysterious monument found next to Stonehenge
Jul 23rd, 2010 at 8:30AM: Britain's most interesting monument just got a whole lot more interesting.
Archaeologists using subsurface imaging have discovered evidence of a circle of wooden posts about the same size as Stonehenge and just 900 meters (2,950 feet) away from it.
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project plans to map features hidden under the surface in an area totaling 14 square kilometers (8.7 sq miles) ...Alabama Adventure theme park offers Father's Day deal: $50 per carload
Jun 13th, 2010 at 10:00AM: It's one week until Father's Day. Have you made plans with your dad?
The folks at Alabama Adventure near Birmingham suggest a day at the theme park. After all, what says, "I love you, Dad" more than screaming in his ear during a ride on the Rampage wooden roller coaster or digging your fingernails in his arm while being catapulted 185 feet in the air on the Space Shot?
Next Sunday, June 20, ...Elite Green Car - and other unusual word combinations
Nov 16th, 2007 at 3:01PM: Here's a Super-Duper Secret Leif Pettersen Tip to Hilarious Writing (SDSLPTHW): when you're hurting for a joke, just throw in unexpected word combinations.
Examples: "muscular fart", "righteous taco", "likeable president"
Accordingly, when I tried to write the first paragraph of this post and had to arrange the words 'luxury', 'eco-friendly', 'chauffer', 'Lexus', 'hybrid' and 'Atlanta' in an ...
