Aug 9th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
When city plans exceed reality, or the money dries up, or people simply leave in a mass exodus, skyscrapers vacate and slowly decay. High winds thrash through broken windows. Rats live undisturbed amongst decades old rubble. Stairways lead to doors that may never open again. The ghost of ambition's past arrives in the present like a howling specter, creating eyesores, dangerous conditions, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Ghostscrapers - Top ten post-apocalyptic abandoned skyscrapers
Aug 9th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
When city plans exceed reality, or the money dries up, or people simply leave in a mass exodus, skyscrapers vacate and slowly decay. High winds thrash through broken windows. Rats live undisturbed amongst decades old rubble. Stairways lead to doors that may never open again. The ghost of ambition's past arrives in the present like a howling specter, creating eyesores, dangerous conditions, ...Abandoned Caracas skyscraper is home to 2,500 squatters
Mar 8th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
In downtown Caracas, thousands have found home in an unlikely structure. The "Tower of David," a one time symbol for Venezuela's economic growth prospects, is an unfinished 45 story skyscraper filled with idle Venezuelans and enterprising small business start-ups. According to the New York Times, a housing shortage in Caracas has led many to make the most out of the housing opportunity ...
Venezuela's Caracas airport shut down due to power outage
Jan 26th, 2011 at 12:30PM: Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela just emerged from a rough night after it was forced to send inbound flights to other airports. Four main power sources for its runway lights were knocked out, effectively making the airport unusable.
The outage lasted eight hours, and planes heading to Caracas had to be rerouted to airports in Porlamar, Maracaibo, Curacao and San ...Venezuela's government-run supermarkets offering "just" prices
Oct 28th, 2010 at 1:30PM:
You know you've arrived in Venezuela when you can't even walk down the grocery store aisle without seeing a sign decrying the excesses of capitalism.
I'll admit I had no idea there existed a "just price" for a liter of vegetable oil, but as you can see, it is clearly written in permanent marker right there on the advertisement. You can't argue with that. Turns out it's 4.73 Bolívares ...New travel inspiration: AFAR magazine
Oct 12th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Greg Sullivan and Joseph Diaz, the founders of AFAR magazine, saw a need for a magazine that focused on "experiential travel that helps people experience every destination as local residents do." So they started their new travel magazine to fill that niche.
When major glossies are closing down at an alarming rate, starting up a new magazine - with an online community, tv partnerships, and books ...Plane Answers: Kent's 3 favorite and 3 most dreaded runways.
Nov 24th, 2008 at 1:30PM: Welcome to Gadling's feature, Plane Answers, where our resident airline pilot, Kent Wien, answers your questions about everything from takeoff to touchdown and beyond. Have a question of your own? Ask away! Deb asks: Are there any favorite/hated runways by pilots? Pictures and videos of the one in St. Maarten made me wonder. I'm sure every pilot has a few favorite or hated runways, and I'm no ...Cockpit Chronicles: Flying around Hanna and Ike
Sep 25th, 2008 at 2:00PM: I couldn't believe my timing. A four-day trip to the Caribbean with Hurricanes Hanna and Ike scheduled to be right in our way for almost every leg. Would some of the flights get canceled? And if not, how far out of the way would we be flight planned to stay away from these storms? This job tends to stay interesting if only because no two trips are alike, even if they take you to the same ...Cockpit Chronicles: Caracas and New York
Apr 24th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Being the only pilot on reserve, I figured I'd be getting a call to fly over the weekend. Sure enough, Camille called on Thursday to tell me I'd be departing at 6:30 the next morning. It was a new sequence that I hadn't flown yet. They took away our Panama City and Caracas trip and replaced it with a Caracas and New York layovers. While I wasn't really itching to fly to Caracas again, the idea of ...Cockpit Chronicles: Taken for a ride in Panama City
Mar 4th, 2008 at 9:00AM: I called my friend Captain Dave the day before our trip. "Dave, we're going to hit the ground running in Panama City so we can check out the canal. I've got it all figured out. Just get to bed early," I said. Dave was up for this. He actually traded one of his Barbados layovers to fly this trip with me. Sometimes it's worth it to fly an ugly trip with a good friend. We've been flying together ...The Price of Gas Around the World
Jun 26th, 2007 at 4:09PM:
The next time you pull into the station for a fill-up, keep this in mind before you curse the prices: People elsewhere have it a lot worse than we do in America (and we tend to gripe about it the most, it seems!). Take Asia for instance -- Hong Kong averages a whopping $6.30 per gallon, with Seoul, South Korea, not too far behind. Europe also pays well above what we do in America. London, ...
