Welcome to rascott.com.
This is a personal site that reflects my interests in news, current affairs, aviation and travel.
email me at robert@rascott.com
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:
Nationsonline.org
Project Syndicate
Amnesty International
Reporters w/o borders
The Guardian - UK
BBC World News
CNN Asia
Bangkok Post
Daylife.com - news
Gulf News
Arabian Business
Good causes:
Sister
Joan - Bangkok
Regional Info:
BKK Magazine
HK Magazine
In
Singapore Magazine
TimeOut Dubai
Travel:
Circle of Asia
Tales of Asia
Smart Travel Asia
Finance:
FinanceAsia
Aviation:
Amadeus (airline
schedules)
Airliners
- aviation forum
Thailand Info
thailand.com
learningthai.com
sawadee.com
bangkok a-z
Back in the UK:
Newton Ferrers
Government:
The
"new" White House
And for fun:
Lin Ping live panda tv
EarthCam
The opinions expressed on these pages are entirely personal unless they are credited; you may not agree with all, or anything, that I write. So please use the feedback page to respond, comment or berate me.
My Travel Videos
Youtube.com hosts compressed video from my recent travels:
New files - 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