Photos of Ta khmau, Cambodia
Travel articles Great Wolf Lodge An indoor water park resort chain, Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia is wowing guests. 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.
Bring Donations For Kids Heading to a resort in a tropical country? Often, such countries are home to many needy kids. Why not pack some school supplies, baby clothes, toys, or other gifts... Travel and the Oscars Forget about the new president, the skyrocketing unemployment, or even George Clooney's latest acting turn. The real news this week is the announcement of the Academy Award nominations! And why do we care? Because this is one of the most travel-centric collections of films the Oscars have ever seen.
Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach Ready for ArtExplosion '09, With Lea DeLaria and Lily Tomlin From February 7 through February 21, one of the world's largest GLBT arts festivals, ArtExplosion, comes to sunny Fort Lauderdale, bringing in a slew of talented visual and performing artists,... |
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