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The car with a split personality, half cabriolet and half hard top cruiser
Half modern hard top and half 1930's retro convertible. The unique Lazarenko wooden car. It took a year to build with all the exterior being hand carved. Underneath lies a Opel Askon.
World Record jump of the largest amount of people to simultaneously leap on static lines. Dmitry Novikov, head of command of the ' Mad Squirrels' had to co-ordinate the jump attempt through internet forums and networking sites bringing adrenalin junkies together from all over Russia., 8th February, Vodniki Bridge in the Moscow suburbs, Russia Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
54 rope jumping adenalin junkies & members of the " Mad Squirrels" sports club pulled off a World Record for the largest ever amount of people to jump from a fixed point in Moscow, Russia
Tattoohamon tattoo parlour in Moscow, Russia where a new sick craze with pet " lovers " has sprung up. Rather than the traditional cat / dog grooming services, they are now personalising their pets with Tattoos. Animal rights organisations are concerned that the practice may catch on with the west's rich and famous wanting something 'different' . The Tattoo on Mickey the Sphinx cat took 3 hrs to do under general anasthetic by Tattoo artist Anatoli. The owner Aksana wanted "something new and different for these new exiting times we live in ". - 20/2/2009 MUST CREDIT : Balkanpix.com
A Tattoo studio in Moscow, Russia has taken to tattooing domestic pets in a new worrying fashion trend.
Weilong Song, China in the mens 1000m semi-final - Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track speed skating 2008/2009, Winter Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria - 8/2/2009 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
World Cup speed skating held in Sofia, Bulgaria, February, 2009
Dimitar Berbatov family collects. Picture shows the young Berbatov at 3.5 years old kicking a basketball outside his parents apartment. They could not afford a football. Bulgaria - 15/5/07 *** PICTURE BYLINE - BALKANPIC.COM ***** Balkanpix@yahoo.co.uk 00359 898 513214
How Manchester United star Dimitar Berbatov played his way out of poverty
Lars Ulrich, drummer with Metallica back stage interview with Christoph Dallach at the Vassil Levski Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria - 25/7/2008 Picture byline: Balkanpix.com Words: Christoph Dallach
Lars Ulrich exclusive interview for German Magazine - Der Spiegel
3 generations of Scots now living in BULGARIA. Irene Bruce and her daughter Ami Bruce, her partner Chris and sons Reece, 11 yrs and Keanen, 3 yrs outside Irene house in Draganovo, nr Veliko Tarnavo, Bulgaria. - 3/4/2008 Picture credit: BALKANPIX.COM
Going for a song in rural Bulgaria
Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland, British Ice Dance Champions competing at the World Junior Figure skating Championships 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria - 28/2/2008 Picture Byline: BALKANPIX.COM
THE hit reality show Dancing On Ice glides towards its final skate off this weekend with 10 million viewers tuning in to watch the tears, tantrums and triumphs.
Margaret Catherine McPherson - Trans-sexual - formally known as Malcolm McPherson, retired ex- Warrant Officer with the British Army, having served with the Commandos, born 5th June 1943. now living in Jyulunitza. near Veliko Tarnavo, Bulgaria - 8/2/2008 Picture credit: Balkanpix.com
Ex-Marine Scot's Sex Change At Retirement Home
Pomak wedding celebration in Ribnovo, Bulgaria. Pomaks are Bulgarian Muslims and total 3,500. The ritual of painting the Brides face is unique to these people only from Ribnovo - 3/2/2008 Picture credit: Linus Moran / Balkanpix.com
"It has a special significance for us. The make-up symbolises being given from one family to another. "Ahmed would have to remove it layer by layer before he could see my real face." The tradition of artificial make-up layering stretches back cen
Kukeri dancers performing in Pernik, Bulgaria. The symbolic meaning of the winter and pre-spring rituals performed by single men is related to the end of the old year and the advent of the new and to the upcoming awakening of nature for new life. These rituals represent the wish for a rich harvest, health and fertility for humans and farm animals - 25/1/2008 Picture credit: Linus Moran / Balkanpix.com
Kukeri dancers performing in Pernik, Bulgaria. The symbolic meaning of the winter and pre-spring rituals performed by single men is related to the end of the old year and the advent of the new and to the upcoming awakening of nature for new life. Th
Bronze Thracian Greaves and helmet showing the face of Athena, 4th century B.C. National Museum of History, Sofia, Bulgaria - 22/8/07 PHOTOGRAPH BY BALKANPIX.COM +44 (0) 20 3239 1351 www.balkanpix.com
Thracian treasures on display at the National Museum, Sofia. Many precious artifacts have been smuggled out of the country are are now in the hands of western art dealers.

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