A flight from Las Vegas to Hawaii was diverted to Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday morning over what police say was a passenger's reaction to the price of an in-flight blanket, CBS Los Angeles reports. Hawaiian Airlines Flight 7 was a few miles off the Southern California coast when an unidentified 66-year-old passenger requested a blanket and was told the cost would be $12, according to Los Angeles Airport Police.
SERIAL travellers will be all too familiar with nondescript hotels that blend seamlessly into one another. Cable TV, identikit toiletries that make your skin itch, bog standard - and usually substandard - tea and coffee making facilities, coupled with nausea-inducing patterned carpets and bedspreads.
A Florida man says the Celebrity Equinox cruise ship got within 100 feet of his multi-million dollar waterfront home. Courtesy: WPLG Local 10 VIDEO has captured the terrifying moment a 300-metre cruise ship came bearing down on a waterfront property before stopping just 30 metres away.
This image released by Lionsgate shows Ryan Gosling, right, and Emma Stone in a scene from, "La La Land." Lionsgate announced Monday, March 6, 2017, that "La La Land In Concert: A Live-to-Film Celebration" will come to the Hollywood Bowl on May 26-27.
When most travelers think of Florida, amusement parks, mouse ears and fanny packs tend to come to mind. But those who go only for Disney's Magic Kingdom and popular amusement park rides are missing out on a whole side to the state that feels oceans away from the kitschy thrills they remember.
The heavy-set man got out of a taxi one night last September and headed for the lobby bar of the swank Wynn Macau - a quiet place, where women are often in evening dresses and gamblers can relax with $300 Cuban cigars. He was dressed casually.
The heavy-set man got out of a taxi one night last September and headed for the lobby bar of the swank Wynn Macau - a quiet place, where women are often in evening dresses and gamblers can relax with $300 Cuban cigars. He was dressed casually.
Dressed in jeans and blue suede loafers, Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, waved after his first-ever interview with South Korean media in Macau in June 2010. Nam had spent years in exile, gambling and drinking and arranging the occasional business deal as he traveled across Asia and Europe.
When Saudi Arabia's king travels to Indonesia he'll have packed 506 tons of stuff into his bags. As well as spare knickers, travel plugs and mints, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz will travel with two Mercedes limousines and two elevators? It's the first time the King has visited Indonesia for 46 years.
Winnipeg Police say they have talked to the man they were looking for following a bizarre incident at St. Vital Centre last weekend. A group of girls were shopping on Sunday, Feb. 19 when they noticed a man following them.
Donald Trump's likeness may or may not one day be sculpted on Mount Rushmore along with predecessors like Lincoln and Washington, but whatever happens, it appears the image of the 45th President of the United States is already set in stone - in Northern Ireland. The world-famous Causeway Coast may have yet another tourist attraction, after The Donald's profile was spotted at the top of a limestone cliff at Ballintoy.
Crown Towers Melbourne is one of only two Australian hotels to make earn Forbes Travel Guide's prestigious five-star rating. Picture: AAP/Julian Smith ALL good hotels strive to meet the needs of their guests - maybe it's an extra pillow here, or a dinner recommendation there.
For many people flying from Singapore to Sydney, the flight can take as little as seven hours or so. But not if you are Benjamin Netanyahu.
But not if you are Benjamin Netanyahu. In the Israeli prime minister's case, it can take more than 11 hours.
What's covered in light orange spots and dark rings, with eyes peeping from its circular form? The ocellate river stingray, of course! The freshwater species that is native to South American rivers is just one of 600 babies and hatchings that were born in Singapore's wildlife reserves last year. Night Safari's fennec fox family will soon make their debut in Night Safari's Creatures of the Night Show.
... truck driver, no one will be making that joke in Kazakhstan anytime soon. The second truck in a convoy recorded the weird scene. The video begins with the $10 million Mi-8 gunship helicopter sitting in the middle of a highway. Snow covers the ...
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Lord of the stunning self-portrait! Photographer dresses up as Gandalf for amazing shots at New Zealand's beautiful Lord Of The Rings filming locations Nervous fliers look away! With runways on cliff edges and snow covered peaks, these really are the world's most TERRIFYING airport landings Don't let your valuables fly away! How hand luggage put in the hold on jam-packed flights might not be covered by your travel insurance Pea plant pilgrims: Tracing the strange history of the 19th Century Czech friar who founded modern genetics in his garden Cycle from Bangkok to Saigon? Let's give it a Thai! Crossing three countries in a fortnight on two wheels Sea ice around Antarctica hits record low as NASA captures the moment massive iceberg the size of Manhattan breaks away from giant glacier Heartbreaking moment a grieving widow meets her hero Army vet husband's coffin on the airport tarmac - ... (more)
CoverGirls' first ever "Cover Boy," James Charles fired off a racist anti-Africa tweet yesterday and people are pissed. The tweet, which has since been deleted, joked about Africa being a disease-ridden place where he may catch Ebola: Not only is the tweet not funny, but it's factually inaccurate.
From bare-bottomed riders to a granny wielding a gun, these are some of the extraordinary scenes captured by commuters on public subways. Wacky fancy dress outfits have also been snapped by passengers who were no doubt extremely surprised to find their journey taking a turn for the hilarious.
Around the world, spectacular fireworks displays erupt to celebrate the New Year every January 1. In the United States, people revel in red, white, and blue explosions in the sky every Fourth of July. Also impressive are the Chinese New Year fireworks celebrations.
I was looking forward to watching this pretty much because of the sequences I saw in the ads with the Escher-like city transformations. So let's start with the good: The movie does indeed present some action sequences that are quite novel, from those aforementioned city manipulations to the fight in Hong Kong that takes place while time is reversing.
A 15-year-old who lost his wallet on Iceland is now the subject of a search by the man who found it. Hallgrimur Oskarsson told The Extra he has found the small black coloured wallet yesterday in the town of Hverager i, a municipality in the south of Iceland located 45km to the east of Reykjavik.
The Genghis Khan monument in Mongolia features the world's tallest equestrian statue. A lift takes visitors to the horse's head.
Women at one of Jakarta's less expensive brothels, pictured in 2013, before the area was demolished. Picture: Ed Wray/Getty Images YOU will be forgiven for being confused: Under Indonesia's Criminal Code adulterers can be jailed for nine months and in Aceh, they get publicly canned.
Pay $400 to take a tour of Mount Saint Helens and attend a perfectly public observatory. Maybe it truly costs that much to get a ride and catch lunch.
A Mississippi man who was told he was simply fat has had a 130-pound tumor removed during an operation in Bakersfield. Roger Logan of Gulfport had the surgery on Jan. 31. He's staying at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital for another week or so.
An Australian lungfish that entranced visitors to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium for more than 80 years has been euthanized due to old age, the popular tourist attraction announced Monday. Granddad, who was 4-foot-long and weighed 25 pounds, had stopped eating and started showing signs of organ failure.
Researchers with the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto detailed the 500-million-year-old critter for the first time in a study that is to be published Tuesday in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. The bizarre creature, no bigger than a thumb, lived under water in a spot that is today a shale-strewn mountain ridge in British Columbia's Yoho National Park.
And when it comes to adding some kinkiness to a holiday, these are the places that seem to do it best. Trivago.com.au has analysed data on its travellers' favourite hotels to narrow down the best hotels in the world to spend a nakation.
When Aileen Cynthia Maggay-Amurao discovered the secret her nephew had kept under his bed for a decade, she could not believe her eyes. Unlike most people who toss junk or large collections of porn under their mattress, Aileen's nephew stored his good luck charm.
In the rarefied world of high-end bong makers, Roor glass water pipes have long been smoked to impress. The status symbols are so sought after that some models command prices of $1,000.
Geoff Hann and his company Hinterland Travel takes tourists around what is officially the most dangerous country not at war There's just one small problem. At 3,500 for three weeks, it comes with some added extras which won't be to everyone's taste: possible roadside bombs, Kalashnikov-toting bandits and Taliban attacks.
Information available to the Daily Statesman, as well as documents sighted by the paper, show that Ghanaians in the coming days are going to be shocked to the marrow by the magnitude of harm done to the country by the immediate past Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government, as a result of gross ineptitude and corruption. What appears to be clear from information the paper is privy to is that the Mahama government conducted the affairs of the country without any thought about the consequence of certain questionable decisions and activities.
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Some people like to think outside of the box, while others, like Ed Sheeran , like to think while sitting inside an imaginary box. In a rather honest chat via Instagram stories, the popular music artist opened up about a bizarre experience he had while visiting West Africa.
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The short flight from London to Dublin was just long enough for a man and a woman to make a lasting connection A woman has launched a Facebook bid to reunite her 'gorgeous' friend with a man she met last week on a flight. The short Ryanair journey from London to Dublin was just long enough for them to make a lasting connection - but they parted at bagged claim.
... owl hissed at him. In the owl's defence, Tatsuro was wearing a Stetson with several dead bird feathers in it. In a weird ironic twist, the Japanese word for owl is "Fukurou" - which is, I'm sure, exactly what all those birds in that cafe would like ...
Mr Chadwick, who lives in Heaton in Manchester, was shocked to see the young woman relieving herself at the bus stop. Members of the public don't seem to mind being caught having sex, so much so they're at it on the train platform, in shopping centres and even on top of buildings.
Young people with no pants wait for the subway train during the event 'No Pants Subway Ride' in Berlin, Germany, Sunday Jan. 8, 2017. What started in New York City in 2002 with a just a handful of people has blossomed into a worldwide movement involving thousands.
Pranksters staged a cheeky invasion of London's underground network to take part in No Trousers On The Tube Day. Pranksters staged a cheeky invasion of London's underground network to take part in No Trousers On The Tube Day.
Santa Monica Pier, which only allows pedestrians. After you snap a photo of the sign you can check out the nearby Route 66 merchandise , take a ride on the Ferris wheel, grab a bite to eat, or just gaze at the Pacific Ocean.
That would be a shame. While Otira has had many claims to fame over its wild hard-case history, at the moment it is fascinating because one person owns much of the town.
That would be a shame. While Otira has had many claims to fame over its wild hard-case history, at the moment it is fascinating because it has just owner.
Los Angeles residents awoke New Year's Day to find a prankster had altered the famed Hollywood sign to read " Hollyweed." Police have also notified the city's Department of General Services, whose officers patrol Griffith Park and the area of the rugged Hollywood Hills near the sign.
The Aylesford and district volunteer fire department pulled up to a pond near a fire on Aylesford Road and when they started to fill their pumper with water from the pond, no water came from the hydrant. Let's face it, 2016 has been a wild year in the headlines.
In one of the strangest food fights we've seen, revellers in Ibi, Spain, pelt each other with flour, eggs and firecrackers. It is a part of celebrations related to the Day of Innocents - a biblical account of infanticide by Herod the Great.
Forget travelling first class - this bear travelled teddy class after being left behind at an airport by its heartbroken owner. Young Ulyana had been travelling to Thailand for a winter break with her family but accidentally left her ted in Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth largest city.
When Ripley's Believe It or Not! opened in Pattaya, in 1995, there was one question on everyone's lips: why bother when the immediate surrounds are so much more incredible? A couple of decades on, the seaside-city resort is Thailand's premier adventure playground, pulling in close to a million visitors a month and serving up a phantasmagorical entertainment cocktail containing rather more than sun, sand, sea and the other thing. Just as Monopoly players end up on Go, at one time or another all travel articles about Pattaya land on Walking Street, known to those of a philosophical bent as the Old Kant Road.
China's financial capital is known for its glamorous riverfront. The neon-lit skyscrapers of the Pudong district are on one side and the beloved Bund, or embankment walkway, on the other, fronted by historic colonial-era bank buildings that now host high-end restaurants.
Men in loincloths take part in the Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival, at Saidaiji Temple in Japan - one of the most unique cultural festivals in the world. Picture: Trevor Williams/Getty Images From flying goats and gigantic pretend penises to punch a neighbour day, these are the world's oddest festivals according to The Sun - and their dates, if you dare.
Is resting your head on a BOX the best way to sleep on a plane? Rocket scientist spends two years inventing bizarre travel accessory Why DO airlines always overbook? How holidaymakers' travel plans are placed at the mercy of a calculated game of chance - played to make as much money as possible Now THAT'S going cold turkey: Explorer sets out to be the first to circumnavigate the globe via both poles - and he will be spending Christmas near the South Pole The best value airline routes in the world revealed: Glasgow to Belfast flights cost the most per mile and Manila to Vancouver the least Choose the right seat, alter your watch and drink alcohol: Experts' top 25 tips for surviving long haul flights revealed A quick snooze! New record set for the world's fastest BED with motorised mattress clocking 84mph on a race track Should you be worried about flying in the snow? Pilots reveal how ... (more)
What it's REALLY like in Hotel Honegg's 'Stairway to Heaven' infinity pool: MailOnline takes a dip and discovers why it made a big splash on the internet Now THAT'S going cold turkey: Explorer sets out to be the first to circumnavigate the globe via both poles - and he will be spending Christmas near the South Pole Should you be worried about flying in the snow? Pilots reveal how they cope with winter weather Heavy fog throws Christmas travel plans into chaos with flights delayed at London airports including Heathrow as Britain braces itself for Storm Barbara's 90mph winds The lick of love! Rare cheetah sextuplets get some encouragement from their mother as they make a public debut at Dutch zoo Full-on family fun! Forget Santa Claus and reindeers - Finnish Lapland is a real gift if you want to ski on a budget The female Indiana Jones! Fascinating images capture the adventures of a 1920s ... (more)
A cat-crazy Canadian woman who tried to smuggle her pet into New Zealand in a handbag was immediately sent home after being caught at Auckland airport, officials said Thursday, calling her attempt "very stupid." Officials condemned the hapless bid to circumvent strict biosecurity laws after the woman arrived Wednesday on a 15-hour flight from Vancouver and declared only that she had dirty boots.
The female Indiana Jones! Fascinating images capture the adventures of a 1920s traveller who visited 80 countries... in a Model T Ford Boost your followers! The exotic isle of Sri Lanka is the ultimate Insta-trip with tropical wildlife, golden-roofed temples and beautiful beaches In the UK it's the Harry Potter studio tour and in the US it's Central Park: Interactive map reveals the top tourist attraction in every country How a hacker could fly a PLANE: Alarming new research reveals that an aircraft's controls could be taken over remotely Now THAT'S a cliff hanger! Incredible glass hotel perched on the edge of an Alpine mountain looks like a Bond villain lair Yes, you can ski in Italy's glitzy Cortina on a shoestring - AND stay in an Italian 'rifugio' for as little as A 65 per night The world's most legendary railway journey! Riding the luxury Tsar's Gold train along the Trans-Siberian ... (more)
China's financial capital is known for its glamorous riverfront. The neon-lit skyscrapers of the Pudong district are on one side and the beloved Bund, or embankment walkway, on the other, fronted by historic colonial-era bank buildings that now host high-end restaurants.
AUSTRALIAN student Alek Sigley has been showing curious visitors the sights of North Korea for years, but he can still remember his first trip to the "Hermit Kingdom". It was 2012 and Sigley, who was studying the North Korean language in northeast China, crossed the border for a field trip.