Bamboo floors, remote controlled gas burning fireplaces, grey-veined marble counter tops, custom designed Italian cabinetry, 6 burner Viking ranges, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, built-in wine storage, walnut vanities with double sinks, tilt-and-turn windows, a washer/dryer and central air conditioning, as nice as they are, such amenities are ordinary enough in any modern luxury tower.
Before long you are passing along the floor of remote valleys, looking across stretches of flat grassland to where huge mountains rear up, their hanging glaciers and snowfields just visible before the peaks disappear into the clouds.
UBUD, INDONESIA — To the architect Hanno Burtscher, true Bali home design has little to do with the sprawling villas, hardwood floors and remote-controlled sliding doors commonly associated with "Bali style".
FINDING two previously unknown volcanoes would normally be cause for celebration by those mapping the sea floor in a remote and little-explored area.
An old, frail-looking man sits slouched on a floor, a television remote control in his hand.
The al-Qaeda leader is seen sitting in front of the table, apparently cross-legged on a carpeted floor, using a remote control.
Ride Worldwide has an eight-day group trip that crosses plateaux, canters along valley floors and explores remote villages.
Anti-virus company Sophos is backing the move, with its global head of security research, James Lyne, saying that many home and small business routers still have "basic web application security floors which allow remote control or information exposure".
She stands, as we do, flat on the floor, but feels as remote as the moon.
Behind it is the vast expanse of flat dry lake floor that made this remote desert location so suitable for landing after dangerous test flights.
