Photos of Arapiraca, Brazil
Travel articles Best Backpacker Destinations 2009 Lots o' fun best backpacker destinations lists get tailor-made early each year for various traveler types, and we've come across a few for 2009 that are great for every breed... Kite Surfing Pictures of kite surfing, or kite boarding, in Aruba. Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard? While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
Sleeping Positions and Pers... A recent study identified common sleeping positions and how they correlate to personality traits. A "sleep expert" explains sleeping positions and personality. Family Adventure: Harry Potter Fan Trips Don your robes and get aboard the Hogwarts Express: two Harry Potter Fan Trips (nine days, or five days) are timed to coincide with the release of the "Harry Potter... |
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