TRAVEL & FOOD

Of Monsters and Men will visit the Australian shore to play at the annual winter music festival, Splendour in the Grass 2013, and five other shows at Enmore, Palaise and Metro Theatres in Sydney. The band is also headlining Adelaide's Spin-Off Festival.

Sydney has failed to be part of the Top 10 cities listed in the renowned Travel + Leisure US World's Best Awards. This is the second time since hosting the Olympics in 2000 that Sydney dropped from the top 10 list.

Australia has issued travel bans for diplomats and citizens to Davao City, Cotabato City and Zamboanga City in the Philippines

Kristen Stewart may still have Robert Pattinson in mind when she had her new tattoos inked in June 2013, and these tiny little symbols got bigger as they created lives of their own, stealing attention when the Twilight star showed them off at the Chanel event in Paris Fashion Week.

Cirque du Soleil's latest production, "Michael Jackson ONE", opened at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on June 29.

It has been a challenging yet successful year for the British indie folk rock band Mumford & Sons as they continue to play for their rescheduled cancelled tour dates in some parts of the U.S.; while eager fans in Australia can catch them perform live at Splendour in the Grass this July.

Business Tycoon Sir Richard Branson has found a complaint letter to an airline very entertaining. The Virgin Group founder, who also has an airline in his extensive repertoire of companies, posted passenger Arthur Hicks' open letter to LIAT airline on his blog, calling it "brilliant."

The search for the missing yacht Nina continues in Norfolk Island as family member await for positive news

Australian tourists planning to visit Egypt are warned to "exercise a high degree of caution" about the country's current anti-government rallies in Cairo and other regions, as posted in the Australian government's Smartraveller website.

It's the season for music festivals around the world. After the successful Coachella and Bonnaroo in the United States; and last week's Glastonbury, Australia is now preparing for one of its biggest annual winter music festival, Splendour in the Grass 2013.

Officials has stopped its search for the race yacht Nina, but decided to instead now search for debris

"King of the High Wire" Nik Wallenda successfully completed his tightrope walk on a 2-inch steel cable over the Grand Canyon and was welcomed with excited cheers after his dangerous and historic stunt.

"Due to the armed conflict in Syria, the conditions are no longer present to ensure the conservation and protection of the outstanding universal value of the six World Heritage properties," the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) noted.

In the 1960s there was an American TV show titled The Flying Nun which starred a very young Sally Fields. Her flying, though was in the magical sense, made possible by her veil. However, three Thai Buddhist monks are now being criticised for flying high in the Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous tradition. A video of their lavish lifestyle was posted in YouTube and had gone viral with so far more than 85,000 hits.

While Hollywood celebrities like George Clooney have undergone Ball Ironing Procedure that Boosts the Male Clientele of a Sta Monica Spa, a Colombian poet is instead selling his testicles for $20,000 to fund a trip to Europe.

A naked man ran amok at the San Francisco Subway assaulting commuters, scaring them off, picking fights, and in between, showing off some gymnastics stunts.

Heineken has set their most daring social experiment that will test common the strength of the common individual to survive a scenario where they are literally ‘dropped.’

Former ‘Australian Idol’ guest judge, Brian McFadden has been receiving mixed reactions for picking fights with budget airline, Ryanair after he was charged $110 for printing his boarding pass.

An American tourist was just visiting her friends in India but falls prey to a gang in India

An amazing bright pink slug discovered in New South Wales has just been added to Australia’s list of unique wildlife

China continues to shock the world with its strange ways of preparing food, and now its coffee

The obscure SARS-like virus which had reportedly killed people globally finally has a name

Gone are the days when climbing Mt. Everest is a fulfillment more than just a tourist activity

Netizens all over Asia criticizes a 15-year-old tourist for vandalizing an ancient Egyptian relic

Passengers panicked as they awaken to fire alarms on their way to Bahamas

Captain Francesco Schettino, 52, is set to face trial about Costa Concordia Disaster

Effective October 2, Emirates will now be flying four times daily to Brisbane.

The world definitely did not end on Dec 21, 2012 as wrongly predicted by the Mayan long count calendar, but the days of a 2,300-year-old Mayan pyramid in Belize did last week because of ignorant contractors.

A woman passenger was kicked out from the plane as she was singing a Whitney Houston’s hit unstoppable.