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Rich Chinese gorges thousand on hunting endangered species
China has lately come up with a new name for them as the super power in the world of luxury. All the surplus cash-flow invites some immoral activities too. A Chinese hunting club in Beijing has offered the trips to Africa or North America at $79,377 per person. Under this package, members can shoot down polar bears or other animals by using rifles or bows and arrows. To hunt specific animals you need to fork out more money. But that isn’t stopping these barbaric Chinese rich people, with as many as 100 bookings completed.
Established by an American of Chinese origin, you need to undergo special training to enter the club. While hunting licenses are restricted, advance booking for the Chinese is available as most of these animals are protected. As for cost of hunting, a male lion or polar bear is $50,000; a female lion is $15,000, while the rhino is most expensive at $100,000.
Maserati Kubang concept is the first to be built in North America
The 2012 North American International Auto Show is living the Maserati Kubang concept. The SUV will be manufactured at the Chrysler’s Jefferson North assembly plant and the assembly will start sometime in 2013. The engine would be a V-8 built in Maranello, Italy and the powertrain will be shipped to Michigan and fitted with an 8-speed automatic transmission that would be produced in Germany. The vehicle is global in the truest sense of the word.
According to a company spokesperson, Maserati Kubang is all set to enter production by next year, but no dates were announced. Tthe production vehicle would carry an Italian name that was “more beautiful.”
A Little Ice Wine with Everything
Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada is a place that is utterly known for ice wines, and the village takes full advantage of this notoriety. Queen Street, is graced with signs for “ice wine fudge,” “ice wine coffee,” “ice wine tea,” and “ice wine chocolates.” The month of January also brings the Ice wine festival along with. The village is all the more famous for the Shaw Festival every summer, showcasing plays by George Bernard Shaw, as well as other productions.
The Royal George Theatre, a short stroll on Queen Street, is the place where you can take in a performance of Shaw’s comedy, Candida, a play about the wife of a clergyman and the poet who is in love with her. Being in one of these theatre’s gives you the feeling of something real special that specializes in Shaw’s work, sitting among other theater lovers in a time-honored tradition.
Peller Estates is one of the many wineries in the area, where you can actually experience a “Chicks ‘n Chocolate” class. The wines and chocolates were carefully chosen. You must have dinner at Zee’s Patio & Grill inside the Shaw Club Hotel, one of the many local restaurants. The innovative menu included such house specialty drinks as the Razmatazz Cocktail with raspberry vodka and Niagara ice wine and main courses like Fettuccini carbonara with Muscovy duck.
The town’s best known hotel is the Prince of Wales, which serves afternoon tea in one of its opulent, Victorian rooms. You can then go and have ham and cheddar sandwiches, as well as cucumber and goat cheese, salmon, and egg salad. Desserts included lemon meringue tart, chocolate mousse tarte, chai tea cr¨me brulee, and cookies with a mandarin orange inside.
The hotel was named Prince of Wales in 1901 after the prince’s visit, and it contains 110 rooms. On one side of the building, there is a row of horse-drawn carriages, making the building very photogenic. Oban is located slightly off the main drag in a quiet area just across the street from the oldest golf course in North America “” Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club.
The French doors of my room opened onto a private patio that overlooked the pool, a garden, and a white gazebo. All rooms contain LCD plasma televisions, a BOSE sound system, robes, a safe, and an iron and ironing board Wi-Fi is free for guests, and room service is also available, as well as a concierge.
All-New Lancia Ypsilon
Italy’s premium automaker Lancia is coming to Geneva with a slew of new debuts. Principal among them is the luxurious, yet compact new Ypsilon hatchback.
Joining the Fiat 500 and Alfa Romeo MiTo in Italy’s assault on the Mini, the Ypsilon offers a five-door package with a three-door shape and a luxuriously-appointed cabin for a more upscale feel. LED dashboard lighting, large sunroof and noise-absorbing headliner do their part, as do the latest electronics, from the “magic parking” system to the Blue&Me TomTom Live dashboard system.
With 17 exterior paint options, 3 interior trim levels, 6 different upholstery options, 3 styles of alloys, four engines and two transmissions available, there are literally thousands of combinations available. The Ypsilon will be sold as a Lancia across Europe but a Chrysler in the UK and Ireland, though no plans have yet been announced to bring it to North America.
Lamborghini Gallardo Bicolore Edition
Lamborghini has announced a new special edition of its Gallardo supercar. Called the Bicolore edition, the special Gallardo features a two-tone paint scheme with black roof and other details contrasting with the available orange, yellow, blue, silver or white body color.
The two-tone scheme is repeated inside with black leather highlighted by contrasting stitching to match the exterior color. The model is being unveiled at the Qatar Motor Show, and will be available in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in LP 560-4 guise with 560 horsepower and all-wheel drive, and in North America as the LP 550-2 with the 550hp V10 and rear-wheel drive previously reserved for the Balboni edition.
Extra Aircraft’s Turboprop
Germany’s Extra Aircraft is best recognized in the U.S. for high-end aerobatic sport planes, but the company is trying to change that with a ramped-up effort to market its six-seat Spirit 500 turboprop in North America. The all-carbon-fiber Spirit provides executive transport with a spacious pressurized cabin, an efficient Rolls- Royce engine, low fuel burn of 19 gallons per hour, and a range of 1,600 miles. Avidyne’s latest avionics package, Entegra Release 9, is standard equipment in the cockpit. The company is working to open its new North American headquarters and assembly plant in Montrose, Colorado. The Spirit sells for $1.65 million.
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