TRAVEL

Legendary island is best place for holiday and honeymoon in Asia.

Travellers flock to the Himalayan region of Ladakh in northern India - drive the Khardung La (the world's highest motorable road), go whitewater rafting or trekking and to take their travel photography to the next level.

Malaysia has put reefs before ringgits (that's money to you and me) by closing 12 popular coral reefs until the end of October.

From amateur twitching to hair-raising elephant encounters, get up close and personal with Malawi's furred and feathered creatures

Those of us who grew up camping have rosy memories of running barefoot through pebbled streams, sleeping in tents beneath a canopy of stars and roasting marshmallows by moonlight.

Cathay Pacific Airways has exciting new offers allowing you to see the world on a light budget.

Venice captivates all who fall under her spell. She is the goddess of all things romantic and mercantile. She represents a lost world, a last link with a vanished history.

Southeast Asia is home to some extremely exotic, at times funny-looking, fruit. Many visitors enjoy gazing at the colourful, interesting fruits as they pass by the fruit stands, but too many miss out on their delicious flavour, simply because they are unsure what to expect.

In many parts of the world, summer vacation season starts winding down at the end of August. Beach trips come to a halt as people start getting back to the daily grind for the push toward Christmas.

Over the Saturday and Sunday over 200 groups consisting out of 12,000 dancers perform to the delight of locals and tourists.

Die Fledermaus has three acts and is based on a farce by Julius Roderich Benedix, a German playwright with a Le réveillon, a French vaudeville play by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, also serving as inspiration for Strauss.

Preparations are underway for Barcelona's famous annual week long Festa Major, held from 15 to 21 August and including the Catholic Feast of the Assumption in the city's Gracia district.

It sounds like a dream vacation: Watch the sunrise on your private veranda with freshly-made espresso - no rush! Spend the morning visiting quaint villages and small museums, lunchtime in the yard barbecuing freshly-caught fish, and the afternoon lounging around your private pool.

Scuba diving enthusiasts will be flipping their fins with anticipation over the news that there will soon be another wreck-site to explore off the Cayman Islands.

We travel the world for pleasure, business or to meet family and friends, and mostly, we let ourselves be transported by planes, trains, cars and whatever means are appropriate.

When people hear Las Vegas, their minds usually conjure up images of the bright neon lights of the Vegas Strip, multimillion dollar casinos crammed full with slot machines, blackjack tables, video poker machines, and roulette wheels.

Once vilified, street art now carries a vast amount of cultural cache. Gone are the days when spray paint on a wall signified blight

The economic downturn has clipped the wings of luxury air travel.

Summers are filled with ice cream and picnics, swimming pools and festivals, and this year the festivals are bigger and more spectacular than ever before.

Beneath the vibrant and explosive facade of Spain lies a nation erupting with history, heritage and culture. Wild, passionate and charming all at once, it's got character and stylish flair.

As political tensions rise in Thailand, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has advised non-transit passengers not to travel to Bangkok.

There is a reason they say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. It's true ... Sin City lives on the wild side and is a haven for overstimulation, but it's also an interesting cultural study and a lot of fun. If you've never visited the city, there's no time like the present to pack your bag and head to Vegas, baby! Here are 10 reasons to make the trip:

My father's voice came through the phone as if he were next door, not 4,000 miles away. Are you fluent yet? he asked.

When travelling to Malaysia, one normally doesn't think of tea plantations and mountain chalets. But when visiting the Cameron Highlands in the country's interior, that is exactly what you will find.

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Lovers in Paris were left feeling a little less welcome this week after the tokens of their ardor mysteriously disappeared from one of the city's most romantic spots.

ROME (Reuters Life!) - Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological treasures -- some of which are literally falling apart.

Being an only child had its perks. I'd sprawl out across the backseat and go wherever the road brought us. We'd drive from Rhinebeck, New York down the east coast to the Jersey Shore, North Carolina or Florida for family vacations.

So you've decided to come to London to see a musical or a play. You want to have a great night out watching one of the big shows like Oliver, Sister Act or Avenue Q, but you also want to keep the costs down as much as possible. The first thing to consider is where you're going to stay.

Japan and South Korea share numerous things in common - among them: nameless streets, a tendency of co-workers to go out with each other after work for drinks, students studying ridiculous hours to prepare for university entrance exams, and cuisines typically unfriendly for vegetarians.