Middle Earth awaits Tolkien tourists
The last time Spot Cool Stuff flew into the international airport in Christchurch, New Zealand there was a big sign in the customs area that read WELCOME TO MIDDLE EARTH. That was in 2003. The third installment of the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy was selling out in ...
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Excalibur towers above Holland
For the ultimate wave challenge surfers head to Hawaii. For ultimate mountains hikers head to Nepal. And for the ultimate rock climbing wall? For that one must go to the north of Holland. It is there, in the city of Groningen, that daring climbers take on The Excalibur at ...
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Path, Hazelmail and the Kodka Pulse digital picture frame
You are on vacation, on a remote beach, and take a photo of yourself. A minute later, on the other side of the world, your mother is walking around her house and sees that same photo of you smiling back at her from the digital picture frame in ...
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Race with Lynx to the Caribbean
Want to visit the Caribbean, all expenses paid? Lynx—a brand of men's grooming products known as Axe outside of Ireland, the UK and Australia—is giving away seven trips to a party on "Chaos Island." To win, participants race to solve clues that are part of a sort of ...
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Artists create elaborate rooms at the Au Vieux Panier Hotel in Marseille
Inside the Au Vieux Panier Hotel in Marseille, France there's a guest room that, if it doesn't have the world's most unusual design, certainly has the most schizophrenic. The room, referred to as The Panic Room, is half bone white—white bed sheets, white carpet, white walls, white furniture. ...
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The best chocolate spas for your partner and your sweet tooth
Chocolate is romantic. Taking a candlelit bath with your special someone is romantic. So what could be more romantic than spending time with your special someone while bathing in chocolate? It's that sort of flawless logic that has Spot Cool Stuff writing a review of the world's best chocolate ...
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