Web of Links: Week 9

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After a length five month hiatus including exams, travelling and restarting uni Web of Links is finally making a comeback. It'ss my weekly round-up of the most entertaining, curious, controversial and interesting things I've come across this week.

1. 10 Things That Brits Don’t Realize Are Offensive to Americans - An eye opening look at how different the two cultures really are.

2. 10 Things That Americans Don’t Realize are Offensive to Brits - The same thing as above but reversed. Absolutely hilarious but so, so true.

3. AVATAR at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Will Transport, Transform Guests - After initially being hugely skeptical, Disney's revelation of what the new Avatar area in Animal Kingdom will look like blew me away.

4. Eurostar confirms launch of London – Amsterdam services in December 2016 - Great news for Londoners looking to go even further by train, the best way of travelling.

 5. Runaway Jane - A great example of what a niche blogger can do. Jane runs her own travel blog full time! The blog targets backpackers and low cost travel particularly for young people. She gets to travel the world, write about it and make a living from it: living the dream really. And with 26,000 monthly page-views she's doing pretty well for herself.

6. Expedition Everest: An Imagineer-led tour - This just goes to show the incredible level of detail that goes into building attractions at Disney. The video is over 30 minutes long.

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