HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK. Pictures show 23-year-old Mike Bandar taking advantage of the city that claims to have more canals than Venice – by kayaking for miles to work in Birmingham each day. Instead of facing the misery of traffic in a private vehicle or being squeezed into sweaty public transport like most of Britain’s commuters this summer, Mike travels for 40-minutes on his two-mile round trip through the heart of the second city. Each morning, he takes his eight-foot-long pyranha kayak from his bedroom in his two bedroom flat and walks five-minutes through his local high street in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter to the Fazely Canal. .... (Pic by Mathew Growcoot / HotSpot Media) SEE HOTSPOT MEDIA COPY 0121 551 1004
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .