This is because that place was actually used to shoot some scenes for the Tomb Raider movie. 

including some lesser seen wats, one of which has much more foliage than Ta Prohm. Also have plenty of shots of the Shining hotel from pic 4.

Will put them up when I eventually sort out my japan photos and combine them with my sth america ones. Need to look into some free hosting too as there's a lot of photos. 

I was refering to Tomb Raider 2, not the movie :P

Anyway, thanks for the info ;) 

let me emphasize once more how awesome this is.

http://image.gd/image,tags,1,0fe36b6635f9236eca227cd584ac27a62bfed575,3
http://image.gd/image,tags,1,033802d7165975e0fc7308fb7280e8c10103ed09,3
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These are from about 5 minutes worth of watching

Get it here http://nrkbeta.no/2009/12/18/bergensbanen-eng/ 

thanks for reminding me! i picked up a new hdd yesterday, so i have plenty of space spare now. :) 

http://www.britishpanoramics.com/Landscapes/Castle_Menzies.html 

http://chistoprudov.livejournal.com/29796.html

Make you feel cold just by looking at it 

That's a pretty good snow-themed TF2 resource as well (hint hint, cardo, hint) 

And, err, some sci-fi things!

Things!

http://conceptships.blogspot.com/ 

just found that blog a couple days ago, it's pretty cool. 

I was just watching Le Roi et l'oiseau on youtube and it has some really nice exaggerated castle designs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sg6qzpa_wc 

i forgot how smooth the old animations used to be. that looks like 60fps there. 

just watched that whole movie. Love the illustration style, the colors, the lighting, the composition, etc. Feels very mid-twentieth-century, sort of reminicent of Salvador Dali, the Jetsons, etc. 

does anyone know what the dome like structures are that were designed to alert the mainlands of sea battles (or was it to other way around?) i want to say they are in maybe southern Europe perhaps?

if someone could help me recall and maybe include images that would be great, google is no help when you cant remember the names of things :/ 

I believe you're thinking of a "cloche" ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maginot_line#Armoured_cloches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFM_cloche 

i don't think they were turrets of any kind, perhaps i explained it wrong. they are dome shaped and meant for bouncing sound waves (i think i forgot that crucial part in the initial post :S) they're kind of satellite dish looking, but are not satellites like the radio signal space thing in Puerto Rico. there like sideways, err maybe to be described as north or west hemisphere?

those things are interesting though, remind me of that paplon (or whatever, butterfly in french) movie 

Do you mean acoustic mirrors?

http://www.artificialowl.net/2009/03/abandoned-acoustic-mirrors-denge-uk.html 

thanks guys :D 

http://villafanestudios.com/Dantescroll.jpg (2mb image) 

very impressive 

that script just rocks
http://www4.pic-upload.de/03.02.10/b1m5datenfxz.png 

valve sure knows how to play their fanboys
and their fanboys are talented like hell

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3391 

he better hope he didn't miss anything up near the top. :S 

http://atlasobscura.com/places/franz-gsellmanns-weltmaschine 

The blog itself seems like something for the BIFFmassa but this should be for everyone:

S. Petersen's Field Guide To Cthulhu Monsters, 1988
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/s_29.html
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2009/12/s.html