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Thursday, March 27, 2008
English Footballs Cultural Hegemony
Location: Thailand Date: 23 Feb 2008
Travel throughout Southeast Asia and you will soon notice that English Football shirts dominate over all other European leagues.
I don't know enough about the game to tell the difference between the quality of the national leagues of Europe, but whenever I meet a football purist they will you about how the Italian or Spanish league is better quality than the English league. This may or may not be so, but in terms of popularity English football is miles ahead.
Here is a good article about English Football at Time Magazine.
English Football Live
Knock-off Football Shirts - English Clubs Dominate.
Travel throughout Southeast Asia and you will soon notice that English Football shirts dominate over all other European leagues.
I don't know enough about the game to tell the difference between the quality of the national leagues of Europe, but whenever I meet a football purist they will you about how the Italian or Spanish league is better quality than the English league. This may or may not be so, but in terms of popularity English football is miles ahead.
Here is a good article about English Football at Time Magazine.
English Football Live
Knock-off Football Shirts - English Clubs Dominate.
Labels: football, sport, thailand
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Everybody Loves Roger
The Australian Open is on in Melbourne and for $20 AUD you can get an evening outside courts pass, which gets you into all courts except the largest two.
Bryan Bros - Margaret Court Arena
Not only do you see tournament games, but you can watch players practicing on side courts. I found one small court with more people surrounding it than at some of the games in progress. It could only mean one thing - that Federer was there. The world's number one tennis player is such a popular figure that he could have practiced on one of the show courts and filled it.
Roger Federer Practicing
Bryan Bros - Margaret Court Arena
Not only do you see tournament games, but you can watch players practicing on side courts. I found one small court with more people surrounding it than at some of the games in progress. It could only mean one thing - that Federer was there. The world's number one tennis player is such a popular figure that he could have practiced on one of the show courts and filled it.
Roger Federer Practicing
Labels: australia, melbourne, sport
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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Friday, March 17, 2006
W-11 Karachi to Melbourne Tram
The W-11 is the name of the bus route in Karachi, Pakistan, where the buses are ornately decorated by the bus owners.
As part of Festival Melbourne2006, which is running during the Commonwealth Games, a team of Karachi vehicle decorators have transformed a regular Melbourne tram into a W-11 Karachi style mini-bus. The W-11 is running along the city circle route in the CBD of Melbourne. The tram ride is free.
The tram is decked out in flowers and layers of cut out vibrant vinyl patterns and covered in flashing LCD lighting. Then there is the music. Loud popular music from Pakistan complement this amazing project to complete the W-11 experience.
W-11 Karachi to Melbourne
As part of Festival Melbourne2006, which is running during the Commonwealth Games, a team of Karachi vehicle decorators have transformed a regular Melbourne tram into a W-11 Karachi style mini-bus. The W-11 is running along the city circle route in the CBD of Melbourne. The tram ride is free.
The tram is decked out in flowers and layers of cut out vibrant vinyl patterns and covered in flashing LCD lighting. Then there is the music. Loud popular music from Pakistan complement this amazing project to complete the W-11 experience.
W-11 Karachi to Melbourne
Labels: australia, melbourne, sport, tram
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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