AQ hotel suite built into a vintage Boeing 727 plane embedded in a Cliff side in Costa Rica

Holiday in a weird hotel

How would you like to spend your holiday in an old Boeing 727? It would be the wackiest place for a holiday!

If you are really interested you'll have to go to Costa Rica. Costa Verde Hotel on a coastal rainforest bluff overlooking the Pacific beaches of Manuel Antonio National Park near Quepos, Costa Rica is the venue for this bizarre experience.

The vintage passenger plane, built in 1965, was operated by South Africa Air and later Avianca Airlines (Colombia). But after (seemingly) ending its days in a San Jose aircraft graveyard, the tired airframe was salvaged piece by piece and transported to Hotel Costa Verde on five big-rig trucks.

Perched on a 50 foot pedestal, the 727's interior is decked out in Costa Rican teak, while the two air conditioned bedrooms boast queen sized beds, private baths and flat screen TVs.

The interior and outdoor view

It's not the only aircraft house or plane hotel around, but the hand-carved furnishings and scenic ocean and jungle views from the hard wood deck atop the aircraft's right wing certainly make it one of the most exclusive examples of post-service aircraft design.

The visitors can spot toucans, monkeys, butterflies and sloths, to say nothing of the crash-bang sunsets over the ocean.

Inside, nearly the entire plane has been gutted and panelled with locally-sourced wood - if it weren't for the curvature of the walls and the shapes of the windows you'd never know you were in a plane.

The entire plane is rented out as a suite that includes a kitchenette-dining foyer, a lounging area with flat-screen TV and two air-conditioned en-suite bedrooms.

 Rates for the 727 suite are sky-high - $300/night in the low season, $350 in high.

Anti-rape lingerie

In most instances women are the victims of brutal sexual violence around the world. Recently the incident of an Indian medical student being gang raped took the country by storm and many protests were reported.

Hence it is most appropriate that three Indian engineering students have developed a new invention to stop this menace.

Manisha Mohan, Rimpi Tripathi and Neeladri Basu Pal, all from Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University in Chennai, India, made an "anti-rape" undergarment, or Society Harnessing Equipment (SHE) to eliminate or at least lessen these crimes.

"The lingerie, laced with modules of global positioning system (GPS), global system for mobile communications (GSM) and also pressure sensors, is capable of sending shock-waves of 3,800 kV, as well as alerts to the girl's parents and [the] police," Ms. Mohan said in an interview.

"A person trying to molest a girl will get the shock of his life the moment pressure sensors get activated, and the GPS and GSM modules [will] send an SMS on emergency number 100, as well as to parents of the girl."

Nominated for the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2013, SHE hit the market in April.

William, Kate and their new-born son George immortalised in sand

Building castles in the sand can be a futile exercise as the waves will come and take them away. But if you can use sand to immortalise someone or something that may be a unique creation that can be appreciated. It was the very thing that was seen at the Brighton Sculpture Festival recently.

A 15-tonne sand sculpture of Prince William, Kate and their son George is on display at the Brighton sand sculpture festival

The birth of the newest member to the British Royal family was one of the much awaited happenings by lovers of Royalty and when it happened it resulted in unending frenzied revelry. But world champion sculptor Nicola Wood and Susanna Ruseler thought differently. Their idea of celebrating this event was to immortalize the happy family.

The result was a 15-tonne sand sculpture of Prince William, Kate and their son George and it took them four days to build this giant creation.

The four metre carving portrays William, Kate and baby George Alexander Louis after they left the Lindo Ward of St Mary's Hospital.

The giant sandcastle is on display at the Brighton Sand Sculpture Festival, held at the Black Rock site, which also features a carving of reggae legend Bob Marley.

Ms Wood and Ms Ruseler are part of an five person team, who are all females, that hold the World Sand Sculpting Champion title.

Speaking prior to the festival, she said: "We are hugely excited about this festival.

"Brighton is such a vibrant, cultural city and I can't wait to work with local artists and to bring Black Rock to life."

The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to Prince George Alexander Louis at 4.24pm on Monday, July 22.

The new parents gave the world their first glimpse of their new son the following day in front of a large crowd of well wishers and press. Kensington Palace revealed the Royal Baby's name on Wednesday 24 July.

The Brighton Sand Sculpture Festival will run until the end of September.