Photos of Zachagansk, Kazakhstan
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.
Beds Picture of the beds in Cinderella's Castle Suite in Walt Disney World. Swimming Pool at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino Picture and details about the swimming pool area at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. "Miracle on the Hudson" Conde Nast Traveler aviation correspondent Barbara Peterson learned how to ditch an aircraft as part of a flight attendant training course she underwent a few years ago. She shares her take on yesterday's incredible events--a USAirways flight landing in the...
Around the World in 80 Days: Rediscovering slow travel Read one travelers journey around the globe. He could not take a plane or helicopter, he could not travel more than 100 miles per hour, and he had to complete his trip in 80 days.
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