A fisherman casts his line in Moscow River, covered in frosty fog, with the air temperature at about -13 degrees Celsius (8.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Moscow November 29, 2010. Photo: Denis Sinyakov, via: Reuters
Photo of the day – 30/11/2010
30th November 2010 > Ooh.com Stuff, Sport, Travel
Performers take part in the closing ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, November 27, 2010. Photo: Jason Lee via: Reuters
New Year’s Eve and Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh 2010
2nd November 2010 > Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, TravelIf you haven’t yet made plans for New Year’s eve this year, consider Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. It’ll blow your lid off. The event consists of 4 days of celebrations, centred around a huge street party on New Year’s Eve. The street party offers live music, DJs, dancing and a mahoosive fireworks display. Given the backdrop of Edinburgh castle, the fireworks contend with the best in the world.
Image: Chris Watt
Throw in thousands of merry revellers welcoming in the New Year, and you’ve got a night you won’t forget.
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Photo of the day – 02/11/2010
2nd November 2010 > Ooh.com Stuff, Travel
Aymara musicians in Uyuni, southern Bolivia, listen to a speech by President Evo Morales during a ceremony held as part of the ‘Bolivia Changes, Evo Fulfils’ government programme. Photo: Juan Karita, Via: Guardian
Nearest listing currently on Ooh.com: Trek Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru with Andean Trails
Daily edit: sail away in the style of Enya
11th October 2010 > Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, TravelSailing the Florida Keys sounds incredibly relaxing, and living on a boat for a week, pretending you’re a more civilised version of Jack Sparrow, sounds even better.
Ooh recommends…New Photography 2010 at MoMa
7th October 2010 > Ooh.com Stuff, TravelWe have a favourite photo darling on the Ooh desk, Alex Prager, and right now we wish we could hop on a jet plane across the pond, to catch her and her photo pals Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Amanda Ross-Ho’s New Photography Exhibition at MoMa, New York.
Susie and Friends 2008 – Alex Prager
Your can now list free events on Ooh.com. For free.
7th October 2010 > Craft & Creative, Food, Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, Sport, TravelWe’ve had tonnes of users coming to us who have fantastic free events or activities they want to promote on the site. Until now, they haven’t been able to because our bookings system required a price. But we just updated it.
Daily edit: A Lot of pedal power
6th October 2010 > Ooh.com Stuff, TravelA French foodie cycling holiday, how does that sound for a great spring getaway (it’s time to think about these things now).
Trade your Boris bike for a high quality Giant touring bike with 27 gears, equipped with everything you need to tour the Lot Valley- the southwest region of France – and set off to discover chateaux, hill-top castles and intriguing medieval towns.
Top 10 highs and lows of an expedition across Iceland
4th October 2010 > Leisure, Ooh.com Stuff, TravelBeing big fans of everything ‘off the beaten track’ we love an adventurer at Ooh.com.
A favourite adventurer of ours is Alastair Humphreys, who has recently returned from an unsupported crossing of Iceland with his photographer mate Chris Herwig. Carrying 40kg packs containing all of the food they needed, camping gear, and equipment for both glacier crossing and packrafting, Alistair and Chris crossed Iceland, trekking inland from Iceland’s north coast and then paddling the length of Iceland’s longest river to the Southern coast and Atlantic Ocean.
Here Alistair shares with us his top ten highs and lows of their 24 day trip.
1. Discovering that one of the most varied, deserted, beautiful wildernesses I have ever been to is only 3 hours away from London with Iceland Express.
Photo of the day – 01/10/2010
1st October 2010 > Ooh.com Stuff, Travel
In honour of Steve McCurry’s ongoing career retrospective in Birmingham, we thought we’d share this beautiful photo from his Japan 2007 collection as our photo of the day. Source: Steve McCurry
