Photos of Sindi, India
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.
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.
Madonna Inn - Love Nest - Photos of the Madonna Inn - Rooms at the Madonna Inn Love Nest: Favorite rooms in the Madonna Inn, a unique California hotel. Bathroom Vanity Picture of the vanity in the bathroom of Cinderella's castle suite in Walt Disney World. Pinehurst Resort $252 on Number 2 Special Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina, is offering a special golf package good through March 7. The package includes a round of golf on the famed Pinehurst No. 2 course, accommodations and... |
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