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Here's Another Way to Fly Around Brazil

4/23/2008 at 9:15 AM
Tags: David Neeleman, Brazil Travel, Odd Travel, World Records (all tags)

While David Neeleman is working long hours to get a new Brazilian airline up and running, hopefully by next year, a Brazilian priest has been trying to show an easier way to get airborne.

We're guessing that Reverend di Carli thought something like "Who wants to wait around for an airline that doesn't even have a proper name yet," then hooked his chair to hundreds of helium-filled balloons and took off.

Okay, it might not have gone exactly like that, but it seems just as crazy, and the priest is missing over the ocean somewhere after losing his balloons. Seriously. The whole flight was supposed to be a record attempt to raise money, but it's raised hell instead. Now if only Neeleman's airline was already flying, they could help look for the reverend.

Related Stories:
· Brazilian Priest Still Missing At Sea [CNN]
· Neeleman Hard at Work in Brazil [Jaunted]
· Brazil Travel Guide [Jaunted]

[Photo: Mark McLaughlin]

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Tricked: Pisa Doesn't Lean Like We Thought

11/09/2007 at 9:15 AM
Tags: Germany Travel, Buildings, Churches, Architecture, World Records (all tags)

Climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa yet? Despite being still a bit amazed that a feat of engineering gone totally wrong could become such a major tourist attraction, we've done our turn up the spiral staircase, but it might all have been for nothing.

Turns out that Pisa's tower is in fact not the building with the greatest lean in the world. A church steeple in the German village of Suurhusen in the northwest of the country actually leans more than Pisa. It's not as beautiful as the more famous bell tower, nor quite as old, but it's officially now the world record holder. Book a trip soon, and you might be the first in your neighborhood to get a Leaning Steeple of Suurhusen pen holder on your desk.

Related Stories:
· German Steeple Beats Leaning Tower [AFP]
· Germany Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Hotels in Pisa [HotelChatter]

[Photo: edwardyanquen]

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