Photos of Bejuco, Honduras
Travel articles Jamaica: Beyond the Beach I was updating material on Jamaica resorts this week, which reminded me of our own trip there a few years back, and how fascinating it was to learn a... Swimming Pool at Excalibur Hotel Casino Picture and details about the swimming pool area at the Excalibur Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. 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.
Don't Miss Out on Today's Excellent Opportunities to Earn Extra Hotel Points We're being carpet-bombed these days with hotel deals that yield bonus frequent-guest points, and all I can say is I hope you're taking advantage of them. The hotel industry has been improving these programs of late, eliminating blackout dates and showering its most loyal members with perks.
Tinkerbell - Tinkerbell Pictures Tinkerbell spreading pixie dust at the Disneyland Hotel. |
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