Armchair travelers don't have to surrender their lip gel, they remove their shoes for the ottoman, not for inspection, and while they may sit for hours, it's not on the runway.
When the prospect of actual travel seems too daunting, put your feet up and surf Google Sightseeing. Using the satellite images from Google Earth, the site selects bird's-eye views of the planet -- everything from a heart-shaped swimming pool in Belgium they posted for Valentine's Day, to two of the smallest municipal parks in the world (they're in Oregon), to Machu Picchu.
A book version, called Off the Map -- The Most Amazing Sights on Earth as Seen by Satellite, was published this past fall.
written on Monday Feb 19, 2007
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