Photos of Jiangyan, China
Travel articles 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.
Ryanair: European Air Sale Periodically, Ryanair pops up with pennies-per-seat sales, and they've got one on now for even less than pence: try free. This particular sale from the budget European air travel king... Kid-Friendly Orlando Kid-Friendly Orlando Hotels: Orlando hotels that cater to kids and families. After the Crash: A Tale of Two Airlines As divers prepare to raise the airplane engine of US Airways flight 1549 from the depths of the frozen Hudson River, the warm and fuzzy--if not saccharine--coverage of the "miracle" on the Hudson continues apace.
Intrepid Travel Offers 'Roots of Obama' Tour Of Kenya If taking a safari is in your travel plans, check out Intrepid Travel's 'Roots of Obama' tour of Kenya. The 8-day trip includes a visit to Barack Obama's... |
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