Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Who's owned this yacht?
Kingdom 5KR is a 281 foot/85.65 metre superyacht owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal. It was built in 1980 by the yacht builder Benetti at a cost $100 million and designed by Jon Bannenberg. Its initial interior was designed by Luigi Sturchio.
What surprise me that this yacht was own by several richest man..
It was originally built as the Nabila for Saudi billionaire, Adnan Khashoggi (named for his daughter). At the time of its construction it was one of the largest yachts in the world.
During its days as the Nabilia it was featured in the James Bond movie Never Say Never Again in which it was the Disco Volante (translated into "Flying Saucer") which was the villain's yacht.
After Khashoggi ran into problems he sold it in 1988 to the Sultan of Brunei who in turn sold it to Donald Trump for $29 million who renamed it the Trump Princess after retrofitting it.
When Trump ran into financial problems he sold it to Prince Al-Walid bin Talal for $40 million in 1991.
The yacht's name stems from his investment company ("Kingdom Holding Company"), his lucky number ("5"), and his children's initials ("K" and "R").
It has a beam of 43.5 feet, a draught of 15.5 ft and fuel capacity of 136,000 gallons.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Have u watch 'Regin over me'?
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Dubai's Future Look
Dubai's shoreline is expected to look from the sky once The World and the Palm Trilogy of man-made islands are complete.
Nakheel, the developer behind The Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira, created the image by super-imposing illustrations of the finished projects onto a recent satellite photo.
Between them, these three developments will add more than 400km of coastline to Dubai, and cover a land mass bigger than Manhattan, at 60 square km.
Mercedes Benz on ceiling
If you now go to Moscow airport in Russia you will be able to see a Mercedes Benz car as you have never seen before. This full size Mercedes Benz car be seen nailed to the ceiling in one of Moscow airports now. EnglishRussia.com reports that it attracts a lot of attention from travelers and questions like whether it is safe to walk beneath it or whether it might occasionally fall on your head?
Sign next to car says in Russian, "This isn't a private plane. But the feel is the same."














