travel

  • Valentine’s Day Package for Those Who Like to Shop

    Valentine’s Day is around the corner and once again you’re wondering what you’re going to get to wow the socks off your shop-a-holic lover. Look no further than Pan Pacific Seattle for a weekend get away that will please the both of you – the “Snuggle Up and Shop”...
  • The Next Big Thing from Japan: Portable bidets

    A Japanese company has recently developed The Next Big Thing in personal hygiene: The portable bidet. For the working man or woman on the go, the washlet delivers a steady stream of water for twenty-three seconds and fits in your overnight bag.  It features a nifty wristband, preventing the...
  • Justin Bieber not among volunteers for Mars mission

    NASA are planning a one way trip to Mars, they’ve begun keeping a list of volunteers to go there, and take on terraforming the Red Planet. In itself the news isn’t that interesting, however the fact that over 400 people have come forward, including celebrities like John Travolta is...
  • Foul-mouthed French smoker arrested over in-flight assault

    A 34-year-old French national will be discovering the nuances of the American legal system after he was charged with assault and interfering with flight personnel. The criminal complaint against one Franck Lebrun said that he “did knowingly and intentionally assault and intimidate a flight crew member and flight attendant...
  • Turtle smugglers arrested by Los Angeles customs officers

    In what was clearly a slow day in LA, two turtle smugglers were arrested after customs officers found over 50 live turtles hidden in snack food boxes. Atsushi Yamagami and Norihide Ushirozako were placed under arrest on Friday at the LA International Airport. Both are charged with illegally importing...
  • Passengers tackle fake-bomb hijacker

    Passengers on a Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo to Istanbul overpowered a man who was attempting to hijack their plane using a fake bomb. The would-be hijacker, a Turk, indicated that he was carrying a bomb and instructed that the plane should return to Norway. He was overpowered by...
  • Coffee spill sparks hijack panic

    An accidental coffee spill was behind a hijacking alert that caused a Frankfurt-bound United Airlines flight to make an unscheduled stop in Canada. One of the the three crew members in the cockpit spilled a drink onto radio equipment when the plane encountered light turbulence – and as most...
  • Man barred from flight for Transformers shirt

    Airport security at Britain’s Heathrow airport prevented a man from boarding a jet not because he was wearing a Transformers t-shirt. Brad Jayakody, 30, was somewhat taken aback when he was told that he would not be able to enter the plane wearing what he was wearing. When he...
  • Junk touching gets Taiwanese animation treatment

    The John Tyner “if you touch my junk I’ll have you arrested” incident has gotten the Taiwanese animation treatment – and I’ve got to say, they’ve done it again. NMA World Edition have a real knack for taking a situation and distilling it down to the core events and...