Needle Art by Willard Wigan

Willard Wigan was born in Birmingham, England in 1957 and is the creator of the smallest works of art on earth. He has a learning disability (Dyslexia), but has talented hands.

Wigan uses a tiny surgical blade to carve his microscopic figures out of rice, grains of sand and sugar, which are then mounted on pinheads. Willard can create a masterpiece within the eye of a tiny sewing needle, on the head of a pin, the tip of an eyelash or a grain of sand, spending months meticulously carving his materials into micro-figures.

Statue of Liberty in the eye of a needle

Titanic on the tip of a pin

Snow White & The 7 Dwarfs in the eye of a needle

Girl with balloon is standing on an eyelash

Winston Churchill in the eye of a needle

Elvis on a pin head

Ship on a crystal

Cast of Peter Pan on a fish hook

Six wives of Henry VIII

Marilyn Monroe on diamond

Elephant on a pin head

22 ct gold dragonfly on the tip of a needle

Frankie Dettori riding on a pinhead

Cat on hair

Visitors view exhibits through a microscope

Kerala House Boats

The Houseboats of Kerala are giant country crafts, measuring up to 80 feet in length is the perfect way to experience the beauty of Kerala's backwaters.

Traditionally, the houseboat was called Kettuvallam (boat with knots), because the entire boat was made by tying together pieces of wood. Not even a single nail is used during the construction of a Kettuvallam. Jack wood planks are joined together with coir rope and then coated with black resin made from boiled cashew nut shells.

The materials that are used in making these crafts are all local and Eco friendly bamboo poles, coconut fiber ropes, bamboo mats, coir carpets etc. The Kettuvallam of Kerala were the historic method for transporting rice and other trade.

In the last twenty years, the boats have been converted to take visitors through the small canals and villages that still inhabit this road-less and car-less world. But these boat services have been laid off with the developments taken place in the transport services in the recent past.

Today the Kettuvallam have been adapted into luxuriously furnished houseboats that have all the creature comforts of a good hotel including furnished bedrooms, modern toilets, cozy living rooms, a kitchen and even a balcony for angling.

To complement the traditional way of rowing using large poles, outboard engines are also provided. The boats are designed to facilitate a most eco-friendly functioning.

Ocean Dome - Indoor Beach in Japan

Imagine a beach where the sky is always blue, it's never too hot or cold, the water isn't filled with salt and pollution, and the surf is always perfect.

Yes, it’s located in Miyazaki, Kyushu Island in Japan.

Ocean Dome Seagaia is listed in the Guiness book of World Records as the word's largest indoor water park, measuring 300 meters in length and 100 meters in width.

It has the world's largest retractable roof, providing a permanently blue sky.

Temperature, wind and humidity are closely controlled to provide an ultra-safe sea-side experience.

The temperature is always kept around 30º celsius and the water temperature is kept at around 28º celsius.

Every hour, the volcano erupts and the hi-tech wave machines start up, starting a few minutes of sanitised surfing.