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Picnic For Your Next Plane Ride

Published on 03/03/2010 By admin

The advent of low-cost, no-frill airlines has seen the demise of many an unappetising inflight meal. While most passengers are happy to go without food on a short-haul flight, some people’s bellies do start complaining on longer flights. It’s not a great idea to starve yourself during a longer journey, so you’ll probably need to [...]

Spend Valentine’s Day In The World’s Most Romantic Spots

Published on 04/02/2010 By admin

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and your significant other may be dropping not-so-subtle hints to make sure you don’t forget it (again). But what if you can’t stand the idea of shelling out for roses that will die in a couple of days, and can’t stand the sight of another saccharine card? Well, if you [...]

Berlin’s Fake Mound

Published on 12/01/2010 By admin

Architects can be pretty off the wall at the best of times, but architect Jacob Tigges’s plan to build a 1000m mountain in Berlin could be the craziest idea to date. Surprisingly the project, The Berg, has won a fair amount of support from the German public. The artificial mountain is aiming to become the city’s largest [...]

The World’s Wackiest Laws

Published on 23/12/2009 By admin

Sex on a public beach is never a good idea – not least when you’re in Dubai. It’s a lesson a British couple learned the hard way when they were caught in the act and jailed in the Emirate state earlier this year. The pair aren’t the only ones to fall foul of the law: [...]

Finland: spa treatments at 110º below zero!

Published on 08/12/2009 By admin

If the idea of traditional winter swimming fails to excite you, try spending three minutes in temperatures of up to 110 degrees below zero! The luxurious Finnish Haikko Spa located less than 50km east of Helsinki has turned an old pain relieving method into an energising spa treatment subjecting the body to extremely cold conditions [...]

World’s Biggest…

Published on 02/12/2009 By admin

Even in the midst of financial crisis, it seems we still want our luxuries big and our experiences even bigger. Cue Oasis Of The Seas, the world’s biggest cruise ship – a megaliner if you will – that can carry more than to 6,000 passengers and weighs in at an astonishing 225,282 tonnes. It may [...]