Thread: Where in the world

Near the bus station

Originally Posted by Begbie

Near the bus station

Nope.

Museum or art gallery?

Originally Posted by Begbie

Helge is that Haadyai ?

No

Originally Posted by Gallowspole

Khon Kaen

Yes it is, do you live there ?

Over to you

Originally Posted by natalie8

Museum or art gallery?

Afraid not.

Originally Posted by helge

Yes it is, do you live there ?

I used to in the 90s.

Related to the Olympics?

Originally Posted by natalie8

Related to the Olympics?

No.

It's right in the heart of the city.

Picture: Asian shoppers queuing up a Bally shop in downtown Sydney on Boxer Day.

This Friday I had a very interesting discussion with a well-traveled British designer and Asia expert. We talked about that most luxury companies today, now actually mega-conglomerates, focus much more on branding than on quality in order to serve the booming Asian markets.
My friend pointed out to me that in Asia, that is mostly lacking a tradition of quality and relying on copying, brands are a status-beacon and are more important than quality. Whereas European consumers still are quality-focused coming from a tradition of fashion and would bring a faulty bag back to a shop, Asian often cannot be bothered.
This complements my recent observations in Sydney where I saw thousands of lously dressed (and mostly young) Asians queuing up in front of Bally in order to hunt a bargain. What struck me most was how cheaply and poorly they were dressed (flip-flops, cheap t-shirts etc.) but were still buying luxury goods.

Market Street

King Street? It's known for having bicycle lanes.

Getting closer ^ You're one street away

Martin Place? It has the General Post Office and a train station. The PO would have been popular in the pre-internet days.

Correct Nat. Got there!

When I worked in Sydney 20 years ago, I used to have my lunch sitting outside at Martin Place; there were often bands and orchestras playing.

The General Post Office was always full of backpackers queuing at the poste restante.

It looks gorgeous and that sounds great. 20 years ago, eh?

That photo is from 2 months ago. I do have some old pics of the place in a cardbox somewhere but it hasn't changed as far as I can remember.

Originally Posted by natalie8

20 years ago, eh?

When I was there I saw Smeg selling off his old fridge!


The building you can see here had a great pub in the basement with pinballs and pool tables and a 3 hour Friday happy hour with proper pint glasses and ridiculously cheap beer. Used to get totally hammered and then head off down George Street to a little pub and watch The Hippos - an excellent Blues band.

Oooohhhhh, that sounds amazing, the second part of your post, not the Smeg part.

Someone else have a go. I need to study and do some training for my new job.

Where is this Lighthouse located ? Country will do ( just bumping )

Denmark ?

That it is.

Green sent

Where and what ?

Grønnland og det er en postbrevkasse

Originally Posted by norbo

Grønnland og det er en postbrevkasse

Yes its Greenland and a Mailbox
But where in Greenland and who does the Mailbox belong to ?

Please write in english or something similar