24 April 2010
Top Marques - the Little Cars
23 April 2010
Top Marques - the $52,000 Golf Cart
This is Garia's Soleil de Minuit and is advertised as 'the most expensive golf car ever made by a manufacturer.' It's made at Valmet Automotive in Finland, which is where the Porsche Cayman, Porsche Boxster and Think City are made.
Aside from the pedigree, the golf car features a built-in refrigerator, a carbon roof, two-colored hand-stitched luxury seats, alcantara roof lining and an exclusive personalization program where you can have the Garia painted in your favorite color or matched to your other car or cars.
The cost $52,000 or 39,000 euros. Let's hope your golf is as good as the cart!
22 April 2010
Top Marques - the Decorative Lady
He had the right idea tho in promoting his dream: two pretty girls draped over the car all day which meant it was constantly surrounded by photographers.
21 April 2010
Top Marques - the Fingerprint Scanner
The Ayrton S is completely built by hand. With 627 hp and 1050 kg the maximum speed is over 330 km/h and acceleration from 0 to 100km/h is just 3 seconds. Very much a collector's car. Cost: 352,000 euros.
20 April 2010
Top Marques - the Bentley Salesman
Oh, did you think I meant this seriously delicious gentleman? Well of course I did! Meet Stephane who is a salesman at Bentley Motors in Monaco. Frankly, he could sell me a Bentley any day! Pity I don't have the 250,000 to 350,000 euro price tag.
19 April 2010
Top Marques - the Pagani
'Pagani Automobili spa is a specialist manufacturer based in Modena, Italy that established itself as a world leader in the use of carbon fibre technology. The Zonda Cinque is its maximum expression of a search for technical aesthetic and functional detail. Provocative in its design, it becomes the magnificent dream for all customers who buy a personal toy with extraordinary technical performances.'
Petrol heads can click on the smaller photo - or the main one - both will enlarge. This car will cost you around 500,000 euros.
Tomorrow, something for the ladies...
18 April 2010
Top Marques - Making an entrance: Yamaha V Max
17 April 2010
Top Marques - Trying it on for Size: the Gumpert Apollo
'The GUMPERT Sportwagenmanufaktur GmbH is a manufacturer of exclusive super sports cars based in Germany. In 2001 there was a vision of a new super sports car: A car, which combined the highest dynamics with unmatched driving capabilities. A street-legal car, ready for the race track: the Gumpert apollo.
The apollo provides superior driving abilities beyond all imagination: 650 bhp, up to 224 mph (360 km/h) maximum speed and a breathtaking acceleration from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 3 seconds. This super sports car offers unlimited fun on the road and serious competition in motor sports. A weapon on four wheels.'
16 April 2010
Top Marques - the Veritas RS III
Come back over the next days and enjoy the cars, the people and the jewels and drool over what we can't afford.
15 April 2010
'Tenacious' in Port Hercule
Although the term 'tall ship' may evoke an image of a ship from a bygone era, both Lord Nelson and Tenacious are equipped with modern communication systems and navigational aids, as well as a host of additional features such as flat, wide decks which facilitate access for wheelchair users, lifts between decks for those with limited mobility and a speaking compass to enable blind and visually impaired crew to take the helm. Eight wheelchair users are welcomed on each voyage. These ships are a reminder of how important simple design changes can be to making an environment inclusive.
In the photograph below, meet Captain Simon Catterson who'll tell you that whilst '50% of the crew may be physically disabled, 100% are actively involved.'
You can read a more detailed article on 'Tenacious' by clicking HERE.
14 April 2010
Monaco Dog Show - Shelties with Friend
It's not easy photographing dogs - or anything else - in the circus tent in Fontvieille. It's dark with the odd bright light. A friend suggested I try the camera at a much higher ISO. This shot of two Shelties and a Pyrenean Mountain Dog was taken at 2000 ISO and personally I like the graininess and the feel of it. Do you?
13 April 2010
Monte Carlo Tennis and the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel
12 April 2010
Monte Carlo Tennis - Perfection on Clay
11 April 2010
Tennis Balls!
Yesterday was the first day of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters. Rafael Nadal is defending his title - a title he's won 5 times already. Djokovic is here. Andy Murray has a wild card. As always it should be great tennis in a fabulous setting.
10 April 2010
Monaco Dog Show - Cigarette Break
The Monaco International Dog show takes place each year in the circus tent in Fontvieille. It's a two-day event and this year 170 breeds were on display with exhibitors coming from 15 different countries. This exhibitor has a long wait before entering the ring - time for a cigarette.
To see more dogs exhibited at the show take a look at Riviera Dogs.
'To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.'
~Milan Kundera
~Milan Kundera
09 April 2010
Moon over Grace
This sculpture of Princess Grace stands in a small garden at the western end of Larvotto beach. It was given in 2004 by the Belgian community of Monaco to Prince Rainier - an hommage to Princess Grace. The sculptors are Livia Canestraro and her husband, Stephaan Depuydt.
Note the moon - an early morning shot.
08 April 2010
Morning Run
07 April 2010
Café de Paris - the Interior
06 April 2010
Café de Paris - the Screen
05 April 2010
Rocks Remember
04 April 2010
Grand Prix Preparations - Where are the Super Yachts?!
In the small photo, one of the construction guys has dropped - and is picking up - a plan showing how each piece of metal fits into the next - something you see more clearly in the last photo. It's fascinating to watch - like a ginormous jigsaw puzzle as Monaco gets ready to show off to the world. Two races this year - the Historique and the F.1.
03 April 2010
Grand Prix Preparations - Ismel and Wladimir
In the last photo - we are on part of the track that runs around the swimming pool - you see piles of steel waiting to be used. Visitors to Monaco have to thread their way thru the barriers but you can feel the excitement building. More tomorrow...
02 April 2010
Damien Hirst - The Virgin Mother
Through her legs we see the Oceanographic Museum which is where you'll find the exhibition which opens to the public today. The museum is expecting 400,000 visitors to view this artist's 60 fascinating and often controversial works of art, including the massive shark weighing 33 tonnes and called 'The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living' - see yesterday's post for more.
01 April 2010
The Virgin Mother
Here you see his famous sculpture - The Virgin Mother. She stands at the end of the jetty in the port of Fontvieille. In the main photo, you see the cathedral behind her - in the smaller photo the Oceanographic Museum. Such is her value, she is being guarded 24 hours a day. More tomorrow...come back for the photo I like best.
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