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| Angry Birds theme park opens in China Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:25 AM PDT At an Angry Birds theme park in Changsha, visitors "gain happiness" by taking aim at those infamous green pigs Angry Birds addicts around the world may still be committed to the ultimate destruction of the game's irritating porcine rogues, but at a real-life Angry Birds theme park (愤怒的小鸟), Chinese gamers are already knocking over actual green pigs. The Angry Birds theme park opened to the public on September 1 in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province in southeastern China. The attraction is part of the larger Window of the World amusement park (长沙世界之窗). The Angry Birds theme park facility was built as part of the park's monthlong Stress-reducing Festival. Simulating the action of the viral computer game, players pull a real catapult and shoot Angry Birds plush toys at green piggy balloons placed around a toy brick fortress.      |
| 10 top outdoor adventures in New Zealand Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:17 AM PDT  New Zealand is virtually synonymous with vast tracts of unspoiled nature that provides everything from ski slopes to big waves.    |
| Mumbai's most challenging spots for tourists Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:59 PM PDT There's no doubt that this glorious little city is among the crème de la crème when it comes to tourism and sightseeing. In fact, heaven help you if you've just landed in the city and Tweeted out something like, "Hi guyz m in Mumbai ... got 2 days 2 kill, any places u suggest? thxxx" –- be prepared to be inundated with suggestions for tourist hot spots, restaurants and travel packages. And, depending on your gender and the believability of your display picture, friendship requests. However, not all of Mumbai is dandy. There are a few places that ought to be considered off-limits for all but the most adventurous seekers of local culture. Here's a short list.    |
| Gallery: Super-sized action at King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:21 PM PDT There's still time to head south to check out Hua Hin's biggest sporting event of the year Buddhist monks, a massive fruit buffet and polo players from around the world helped launch the annual King's Cup Elephant Polo tournament in Hua Hin this week. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the event returned to the southern resort town following a three-year stint in Chiang Rai. The charity event has raised US$300,000 to date, with funds used to care for more than 60 elephants and their mahouts at the Thai Elephant Conservation center in Lampang, in northern Thailand. Elephants are taken off the streets while they are still young, usually under 20 years of age. They're provided with a forested environment, food, veterinary check-ups and their mahouts are given a salary.    |
| Tourism flatlines as visitors avoid Japan Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:01 PM PDT  Close on six months after the March 11 disasters hit northeast Japan, the official numbers for overseas tourists visiting the country look even bleaker than expected. According to the Japan Tourism Agency -- a part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism -- spending by incoming visitors in the April-June quarter was down 46.9 percent on a year earlier. Chinese cashIn total, the foreign tourist buck was worth an insignificant ¥121 billion ($1.6 billion) in the quarter, most of it coming from near neighbors in Asia.    |
| Most delicious foods revealed and best Sydney surf breaks Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:42 PM PDT Newsletter Date: 7 September 2011    |
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| Your pick: World's 50 most delicious foods Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT What are the world's most delicious foods? We thought we knew. Apparently we don't. Our list of the World's 50 most delicious foods stimulated some impassioned debate about the conspicuous lack of French dishes and the merits of ketchup over mayonnaise. "Ketchup? Pop Corn? Chips? Plenty of Thai but few Malay food? What about Chinese (Sichuan, Cantonese, etc)? No Brazilian or Argentinean?" queried commenter Max.    |
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