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Orange Lake AVID GOLFER Package - Unlimited Golf on 4 Courses for 7 Days
The Legends at Orange Lake Orlando, FLPhoto Courtesy of Orange Lake Orlando
Orange Lake Special "AVID GOLFER" Package. Talk about great value for money; how about this? One pass…4 courses…7 days!... 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.
Cheap Train Tickets
In many places, train travel is an afterthought. The rise of budget airlines within Europe led many away from train-heavy itineraries. But this fact remains -- the rail networks of... Cast Your Vote: 2009 World Savers Awards
Taken a green trip lately? Booked yourself into an eco-efficient hotel? Conde Nast Traveler wants to know. We're looking for nominees for our annual World Savers Awards, which honor the best in earth-friendly travel, from hotels to cruise lines to airlines to tour companies. We'll send your nominees an application that covers five areas of good works: poverty alleviation, cultural and environmental preservation, wildlife conservation, health, and education.
Finding a Pad in Venice
Start with a visit to Wendy's Rolodex of Top Villa Agents. There you will see that the right person to contact is Denise Corsile of Venice Rentals in Quincy, Massachusetts, for an apartment.
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