Showing posts with label scenery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scenery. Show all posts

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Phang Nga Bay, Koh Yao and James Bond Island

Our latest webcam offering from Thailand:

Live webcam view Phang Nga Bay, Koh Yao and James Bond Island

Ko Yao Yai (island) is the largest island in the Ko Yao Archipelago. The island group is situated in the Phang Nga Bay in the Phang Nga province of Thailand. Ko Yao Yai means Big Yao Island. The other main island of the group is Ko Yao Noi (Little Yao Island), located off Ko Yao Yai's northern side and separated from it by a narrow sound.

The population of Ko Yao Yai is about 8,000, whereas the population of Ko Yao Noi is about 4,500. Phang Nga Bay is a 400 km² bay in the Andaman Sea between the island of Phuket and the mainland of the Malay peninsula of southern Thailand. Since 1981 a big part of the bay is protected as the Ao Phang Nga National Park. It is situated in Phang Nga Province, at 08°17'N 098°36'E.

Friday, June 18, 2010

New Italy Webcam Views

You can travel virtually through some of the most breathtaking scenery in Italy with some of our new webcam additions - we have scenes from the Alps, the Dolomites and the Italian Riviera.

Check out the new views at:

Alpine town at Cortina d'Ampezzo and Dolomite Mountains

Mountains and Commune at Ala, Trento Province

Beach at Andora, Savona Province on the Italian Riviera

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Costa Blanca Webcams

View of the Andalucia hills, Marbella and Santa Clara golf course

Marbella is a city in Andalusia, Spain, by the Mediterranean, situated in the province of Málaga, beneath La Concha. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234, in 2010 circa 135,000.

Marbella and the nearby Puerto Banús are important beach resorts of the Costa del Sol. The town is famous for being a playground for the rich and famous. Marbella is famed as an exclusive destination for wealthy tourists from Northern Europe, as well as for the well-heeled from the UK, Ireland and Germany.

The urban district of Alcoi, the industrial cradle of the Region of Valencia

Alcoy (in Spanish) or Alcoi (in Valencian) is a city and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal term of Alcoy

The first traces of human presence in the area date to c. 60,000 years ago, when Neandertal hunters settled here. A site with rock paintings, dating to c. 10,000/6,500 years ago, has been discovered near la Sarga. From around the mid-3rd millennium BC people started to move from the caves to the plain where cereals were grown, while mountain fortifications were erected (Mola alta de Serelles, Más del Corral, Más de Menente, el Puig).

Alicante Old Town, streets leading to the Cathedral

Alacant or Alicante is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of the Alacantí, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,757, estimated as of 2009 ranking as the second-largest Valencian city. Including nearby municipalities, Alicante conurbation was populated by 458,843 residents. Population of the metropolitan area (including Elche and satellite towns) was 795,034 as of 2009[update] estimates, ranking as the eighth-largest metropolitan area of Spain.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Famous Landmark Webcams

Ever fancied visiting some of the most famous landmarks on the planet but don't have the time, money or inclination to actually physically get there in person?

Well, just about the next best thing is to take in a live webcam view of the spots you would love to visit - with many webcams now streaming live it can actually seem like you are there - watch the local people going about their daily lives, check out the weather and generally just enjoy a bot of good old people watching!

Just some of the famous worldwide landmarks featured on My World Webcams are:

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Eiffel Tower in Paris

The Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Piazza San Marco, Venice Webcam

Piazza San Marco, also known as St Mark's Square, in central Venice

Piazza San Marco (often known in English as Saint Mark's Square), is the principal square of Venice, Italy.

A remark often attributed to Napoleon (but perhaps more correctly to Alfred de Musset) calls the Piazza San Marco "The drawing room of Europe". It is one of the few great urban spaces in a Europe where human voices prevail over the sounds of motorized traffic, which is confined to Venice's waterways. It is the only urban space called a piazza in Venice; the others, regardless of size, are called campi.

As the central landmark and gathering place for Venice, Piazza San Marco is extremely popular with tourists, photographers, and pigeons.