At an exclusive restaurant in London, on Valentine’s Day last year, a couple started arguing. Suddenly the wife stood up, slapped her husband across the face and stormed off in a huff.  The husband composed himself, took a few more gulps of his red wine and proceeded to call his mistress on his mobile. He spoke loud enough for everyone around to hear. Within 15 minutes an immaculately dressed young mistress turned up at the restaurant and sat down, delighted that her lover had arranged the restaurant meal especially for her on Valentine’s Day. Read what happens when the wife unexpectedly returns…

Insiders of the travel industry insiders have finally expressed their concern that Trip Advisor and similar sites that rely on anonymous reviews, are beginning to wield too much power. According to the Independent in the UK the concern has been around for quite some time, but Trip Advisor’s Dirtiest Hotels list made it an even hotter topic in the past week. Read more of how the opinion of disgruntled guests can ruin a reputation…

Richard Branson is about to spend $575 on his next toy, underwater plane, known as the Necker Nymph. A toy that can loop-the-loop underwater. Read how you could get to enjoy this toy also for a mere $25,000…

Do you need to get away from it all and unwind? Need time off to stop and rethink what you are all about? Need to just lie back and relax and let the world go by?

When you arrive in Vanuatu you can throw away your watch and live on island time. It’s the perfect place for rest and relaxation and simply recharging your batteries. Great food, great people, great scenery. This could be yours but only in the next 24 hours.

Read how… (No catch to this one)

Hi-jacking and piracy continue in its many various forms, from hi-jacking in the air, to piracy on the high seas. However the virtual world of Cyber Space is an exact replica of what we see in the natural.

Anti virus software developers have analysed millions of generic and country domains. In their annual Mapping the Mal Web report, they show that the tropical island nation of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific and Japan are two of the five most secure countries, which is great news for Vanuatu IT based businesses. Other safe countries are Ireland, Croatia, Catalan, Luxembourg, South Africa and Switzerland.

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Thirty year old Mark Boyle, celebrated the completion of a year-long challenge, by hosting a Freegan Festival at Hamilton House, in Stokes Croft, Bristol, where he cooked a free three-course meal for the public.

For the past 12 months Boyle has lived as a ‘freeconomist’, living a self-sufficient lifestyle in a caravan in Timsbury, near Bath. He grows his own food and reuses junk that people have thrown away.

Read how his cash free pilgrimage to India failed…

Searching for that gift for the person who has everything? We have the perfect answer for you.

Buy an entry in Win a Resort to win a tropical island holiday for two, airfares paid out of the main centres of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. You could also win a free trip to the live volcano on Tanna island.

Find out just what waits for you (or your friend) on a tropical island in the South Pacific.

On the tropical island of Vanuatu, in the South pacific, Chief Roi Mata’s Domain, a World Heritage Site, has featured once more on the world stage. It is found in the final chapter of a story that involved 838 participants in a Guinness World Record Challenge, held in Port Vila, on the 19th November, by You Me Support Foundation.

The story unfolded across the 83 tropical islands of the archipelago, which stretches across 1000kms. On each island the stars of the story uncovered wonders that not many know about, from giant burial stones, to a fire walking ceremony, to where giant lobsters and coconut crabs live.

Read how the powerful Roi Mata was buried with between 25 – 50 live members of his retinue…

Dr Wendy Stenberg-Tendys was asked in a recent radio interview, “How did you manage to get 838 participants, mainly school students, to write a proper story in the Guinness World Record challenge, of How Many People to Write a Story in 24 Hours”.

“It was a matter of organization, from Melanesian Tours busing in the students from school, to Guy Deroin having drawn 35 marvellous cartoons to illustrate the story, to student teachers from Malapoa Training College assisting the students. On the day it needed to flow like a factory assembly line, with a sentence being completed and written down every 39 seconds.”

Read more about the cartoonist Guy Deroin…

Water is the lifeblood of a community, yet it is a precious commodity that is becoming more and more polluted. In homes rights across America there are families who have no access to clean water. Jennifer Hall-Massey of Charleston, W. Virginia, has to purchase drinking water that is brought in by truck and stored in barrels on her porch.

Her youngest son has scabs on his arms, legs and chest where the heavily polluted bathwater, Several of his brother’s teeth have been capped to replace enamel that has been eaten away. Tests have revealed lead, nickel and other heavy metals in the tap water. Many residents in the area apply special lotions after showering, because of skin burns.

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