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Kayaks and Catamarans
Pictures of the Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso, a romantic, all-inclusive, adults-only luxury resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Beat the Bidding System
Learn a few tricks to make your bid on hotel rooms work for you. Great Air Fare From New York to Hawaii
Attention, fellow New Yorkers: Today's Top 20 Deals alert from Travelzoo.com lists air fare from New York to Hawaii for $385 roundtrip; according to Travelzoo, once you add in all the taxes, your total ends up being $455 to $465....
Weather Delays - Chicago and New York
Inclement weather in the Chicago area (sleet, snow, freezing rain) is causing delays at ORD and MDW. New York airports, including LaGuardia (LGA) and Newark (EWR) are also experiencing delays... 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.
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