rascott.com                                           over ten years of news, views and an occasional blog
 


Welcome to rascott.com
This is a personal site that reflects my interests in news,
current affairs, aviation and travel.

email me: robert@rascott.com

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Photo Albums
My photographs have been moved off this site and are now stored on Picasa. They were simply taking up too much space on my web host.
Please use
this link to see my list of photo albums.

Some Useful links:
Information:
World Time Clock
Exchange Rates

Journalism:
ForeignPolicy

Nationsonline.org
Project Syndicate
Amnesty International
Reporters w/o borders

The Guardian
BBC World News
CNN Asia
Bangkok Post

Daylife.com - news

Gulf News
Arabian Business
World News
WSJ - Asia
Good causes:

Sister Joan - Bangkok

Regional Info:

BKK Magazine
HK Magazine
In Singapore Magazine
TimeOut Dubai
Back in the UK:
Newton Ferrers

And for fun:
Lin Ping live panda tv

EarthCam
History

BBC Archive

National Media Museum
The British Library
Imperial War Museum

There are many other links on my AOB blog page.

 

My Travel Videos

Youtube.com hosts compressed video from my recent travels:

Most recent

1. Dubai Mall

 

Feb 2007

1. Leaving from BKK to Dubai on Christmas Day 2006

2. Global Village - Dubai

3. A night at the Dubai races

4. Desert safari

 

Dubai and Istanbul - November and December 2006

You can click on the links below to play each file.

1. My Introductory video before setting out to Dubai can be found here.

2. Bangkok Airport on 22 November 2006   

3. Dubai Creek on 22 November 2006   

4. Dubai Bastakia on 22 November 2006   

5. Dubai Burjurman Centre on 22 November 2006   

6. Dubai Creek again on 25 November 2006   

7. Mall of the Emirates on 25 November 2006   

8. Farewell Dubai.

9. Dubai Airport on 25 November 2006   

10. Istanbul - Aya Sofya at night   

11. Aya Sofya

12. Inside the Blue Mosque   

13. Call to prayer at the Blue Mosque   

14. The Hippodrome   

15. Geography Class   

16. Gone fishing   

17. Dusk over Istanbul   

18. Topkapi Palace   

19. Topkapi Place - 2   

20 Cross legged at Topkapi Palace   

21. Dusk at the Blue Mosque    

22. Istanbul ferry - cold !!   

23. Train spotting in Asia   

24. Kadikoy   

25. Kadikoy and back to Istanbul   

26. The mosque of Suliman the Magnificent   

27. At Istanbul Airport   

28. A rainy day in Dubai   

29. A dinner cruise on Dubai Creek   

30. At the Hilton Hotel in Fujeirah