Travel pictures of the week

Last updated at 11:52 05 December 2008


A wake-boarder negotiates a canal in flooded Venice A selection of travel pictures sourced byTravelMail

Thousands of 巡礼者s descend on メッカ in Saudi Arabia, the Venice floods have an upside for one wake-搭乗 fan with a lifetime ambition and two teddies follow in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong and 長,率いる out into space... it's TravelMail's pictures of the week...

Two teddy bears floating in space

Earth's 軌道

These two teddies are literally out of this world. The intrepid pair, 指名するd MAT and KMS, went where no stuffed toy has been before when they took part in extra-vehicular activity nearly 20 miles above the earth. After rising to an 高度 of around 100,000ft, a webcam caught their 'space-walk' for posterity before the helium balloon they were 飛行機で行くing with burst. A パラシュート(で降下する) opened automatically to 供給する a soft 上陸. The 目的(とする) of the 実験 was to 監視する 天候 条件s in the 成層圏 and 決定する which 構成要素s 供給する the best insulation against the 氷点の 気温s experienced on the flight.

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

メッカ, Saudi Arabia

Tens of thousands of イスラム教徒 巡礼者s move around the Kaaba, the 黒人/ボイコット cube seen at the centre of this image, inside the Grand イスラム教寺院 in メッカ, Saudi Arabia.

Many イスラム教徒s have been 軍隊d to 延期する their 巡礼の旅 because of rising 経済的な 苦悩 and travel costs. The hajj, which 公式に starts on Saturday, is one of the five 中心存在s of Islam, と一緒に belief in God, praying, 急速な/放蕩なing and charity.

A horse and carriage procession at the State Opening of Parliament, London

London, UK

Pomp and circumstance are the order of the day for that most British of events, the 明言する/公表する 開始 of 議会 by the 君主. The Queen's 年次の trip up the 商店街 gave tourists even more 推論する/理由 to snap away.

A lone traveller with a laptop and mobile at  Bangkok's deserted airport

Bangkok, Thailand

A 孤独な traveller takes a call at Bangkok's 砂漠d Suvarnabhumi Airport. 抗議する人s 行う/開催する/段階d sit-ins at Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports in Thailand, where all flights were cancelled and thousands of travellers were left 立ち往生させるd. A Thai 航空路s Boeing 747-400 finally landed from the 訴える手段/行楽地 island of Phuket on Wednesday, the first 乗客 flight to arrive since 抗議する人s 包囲するd the airport on November 25.

A surfer wipes out and flies high above a wave off Australia's Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Australia

More water-based 活動/戦闘. Joel Parkinson of Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia wipes out in a powerful 20-foot wave during the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore. The O'Neill World Cup of Surfing is the second jewel of the 先頭s 3倍になる 栄冠を与える of Surfing and the last stop in the ASP World 小旅行する.

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