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One airline passenger handled his complaint with class, and some humor by sending a letter that eventually went viral. While these letters are usually filled with rage, LIAT received one from a customer who flew to the Caribbean. The note was so funny that it prompted another air carrier’s CEO to tweet it to his more than 3 million followers. “How to write a complaint letter — read this hilarious note from a frustrated airline passenger,” tweeted Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group. The LIAT letter appeared in the weekly British Virgin Islands newspaper, the BVI Beacon, earlier this year. The letter was penned by Londoner Arthur Hicks and titled “An Open Letter to LIAT.” Dear LIAT, May I say how considerate it is of you to enable your passengers such an in-depth and thorough tour of the Caribbean. Most other airlines I have traveled on would simply wish to take me from point A to B in rather a hurry. I was intrigued that we were allowed to stop at not a ...

Water may have been everywhere on Mars at one time, according to researchers from the California Institute of Technology. A Mars ocean may have covered as much as one-third of the planet billions of years ago. “One of the more provocative ideas concerning the history of water on mars is there was once an ocean covering the northern area of the planet,” study co-author Roman DiBiase, a postdoctoral geology scholar at Caltech, told The Huffington Post. DiBiase added that the team’s findings — published in the Journal of Geophysical Research — are consistent with this longstanding hypothesis of an ocean on Mars. Using high-resolution images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the researchers examined a 38-square-mile area in the Aeolis Dorsa region that may contain a former coastline. The range is characterized by hilly ridges called inverted channels, which scientists believe show traces of an ancient water system. The team focused on the area’s topography and sedimentary roc...

As I trudge through the jungle, I flinch at the sharp sound of AK-47s being fired at a nearby shooting range.  'And on your left, another crater,' says guide An Dung, leading us over the pitted, hardened red earth and through a eucalyptus grove. The crater was made by a B-52 bomber. This is Cu Chi, about 20 miles outside Ho Chi Minh City where, during the Vietnam War, Viet Cong guerillas hid from the Americans in a 200-mile network of tunnels. Battle ground: Hue's Imperial Citadel was seized from the Americans in 1968 US troops withdrew from the country 40 years ago, yet there are still so many reminders of the war, including these tunnels. While four decades ago Westerners who arrived in Saigon (since renamed Ho Chi Minh City in honour of the iconic North Vietnamese communist leader) were armed with semi-automatic rifles, they now carry the latest cameras, and factor 30 sun cream is the only defence you need. The former battle sites of this country, once so b...

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  Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) Oceans Institute have joined forces with a commercial firm to develop what are being hailed as the world’s first anti-shark wetsuits. In response to a growing number of shark sightings and attacks in Australia and around the world, UWA Associate Professor Nathan Hart and Winthrop Professor Shaun Collin joined forces with designers from Shark Attack Mitigation Systems ( SAMS ) to create the suits. “Although sharks use a number of senses to locate prey, it is known that vision is the crucial sense in the final stage of an attack. By disrupting a shark’s visual perception, an attack can either be diverted altogether or at least delayed to allow time to exit the water,” the company explained on its website. “SAMS has been working with the university for a number years and has translated the scientific data into a range of shark deterrent designs.” According to Sarah Griffiths of the Daily Mail , SAMS and the ...

Room rates of many Sri Lanka hotels are very high. Some as much as US$ 600 to 800. Had there been reasonable rates there would have been a boost in tourist arrivals, said Faizer Mustapha, Deputy Minister of Investment Promotion. Addressing a media briefing in Colombo on July 10 on the signing of an agreement to construct a mixed development project undertaken by John Keells Holdings Ltd., Mustapha said that hoteliers should be made aware of this situation. “A mistake that was committed in the tourism industry is that after the 30-year conflict, we increased the room rates. Today, tourists think twice before coming to Sri Lanka. They’ll wonder why they can’t go to Thailand, where they can get a room for US$ 60. In Sri Lanka, some room rates are US$ 640. “Today, one of the complaints from tourists is that our room rates are very high. Had we provided rooms for US$ 60 to 70, we could have benefited by other means. When tourists come from Russia, they spend a lot. So...

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    We're going to have get a bigger watering can! Nursery owner constructs huge hanging basket weighing 5.5tons and containing 2,500 plants Dusty Beesley, 81 owns nursery in Ravenstone, Leicestershire Has to be hoisted 20 ft into the air in the bucket of a digger to tend the plant By   SARA SMYTH PUBLISHED:  19:16 GMT, 18 July 2013  |   UPDATED:  19:23 GMT, 18 July 2013 Coming up roses: Proud Dusty Beesley claims his hanging basket is the biggest in the UK Nursery owner Dusty Beesley, 81, has challenged the country's ambitious gardeners to top his mammoth hanging basket, saying: 'If anyone can come up with anything bigger then I'd like to see it.' Mr Beesley threw down the gauntlet today when his 5.5-tonne plant was hoisted into the air. The hanging basket contains more than 2,500 plants and measures 21 feet wide and ten feet deep. The keen gardener, who owns a nursery in  Ravenstone, Leicestershire, started maki...

Trincomalee Outer Circular Road Project - Proposal Submitted by the Hunan Road .& Bridge Construction Group Corporation of the People's Republic of China. Sri Lanka government has identified Trincomalee  to be developed as a Metro City in the Eastern Region.  As a part of this task, an outer circular road to the city of Trincomalee is to be constructed to provide proper accessibility from various directions.   Cabinet Thursday (18) approved the proposal made by  Sri Lanka President, in his capacity as the Minister of Ports and Highways, to award the above contract as recommended by the Standing Cabinet Appointed Review Committee to Hunan Road and Bridge Construction Group Corporation of China. Preliminary work of the project is to be commenced on a priority basis with funds allocated for the year 2013 and the balance will be provided under the Medium Term Budgetary Framework 2014 - 2016.

Whale of a time A humpback whale jumps to the surface of the Pacific Ocean off Colombia, South America, on July 16. The whales migrate annually from the Antarctic, a distance of 5,200 miles, to give birth and nurse their young.

The single supplement has long been the bane of the solo traveller's life. But now an accommodation website has come up with an unusual solution that allows singletons to save money while seeing the world. Easynest offers travellers the chance to split the cost of their hotel bill - providing they are prepared to share with a total stranger. Holiday heaven...or hell? Easynest allows you to split the cost of a hotel room by sharing with a stranger Globetrotters set up a profile on the site, indicating their preferred destination and travel date. 'Hosts' - fellow solo travellers who have already booked a room - can then get in touch to see whether they would like to share. Users of the site are encouraged to create interesting and colourful profiles in order to ensure a timely response, and must pay the host directly for their share of the room.   According to the website, the service provides 'the opportunity to meet new friends, build your ...

A simple 90-second treatment that eliminates almost all risks associated with laser eye surgery has become available in the UK. Many people are put off undergoing laser eye surgery because of the risks, but a simple procedure combining eye drops and UV light can make the procedure far less risky . The new treatment, called Lasik Xtra, almost entirely negates the risk of infection and the three most common complications linked to this procedure: corneal ectasia, regression of sight and epithelial ingrowth. The procedure has been pioneered at the London Eye Hospital and consultant ophthalmic surgeon Bobby Qureshi, the first to perform the procedure in the country, believes it will be widely available across the country in a matter of years. He said: [This treatment] is the biggest thing in laser surgery in the last 20 years; everybody should be having this alongside standard laser treatment. 'The procedure ensures that the risk of developing complications from las...

She recently underwent a beauty makeover, and Tulisa Contostavlos was certainly looking mint on another day by the beach in Ibiza. The singer wore a pale green bikini on day eight of her partying holiday, as she, Chelsee Healey and her friends enjoyed a boat ride and a dip in the blue waters of the Mediterranean. The group headed to San Antonio to explore the rest of what the Balearic island has to offer. Scroll down for video Fresh: Tulisa wears a mint green bikini on the eighth day of her Ibiza holiday Right size? Tulisa's cleavage seemed ready to bust over the top of her bikini top Tulisa's bikini was a halterneck style but the strap could be detached to make it a a bandeau and reduce the amount of tan lines. But it seems the former X Factor judge couldn't go too long without checking out her appearance, as she pulled out a handheld mirror while in the water Maybe some salt and gone in her eye or her make-up was suffering under the conditi...