Photos of Belyayevka, Russia
Travel articles US Airways Flight Crashes in Hudson River US Airways flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson river this afternoon, and geese are reportedly to blame in this developing story. Officials are reporting that everyone is off of the... Rail Europe Tip: Buy Early Let's face it: January is not a prime time for people to travel Europe by rail. But there are some good deals waiting for those who are willing to consider... Chinese New Year: Year of the Ox Another New Year's Eve is nearly here: January 25 2008 is the night before the Year of Ox begins, and over at About.com's China Travel site, Sara Naumann's blog highlights... 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.
Dreaming o' the Green No, it's not a winning lottery ticket, nor is it the putting green - although if you drive a little farther north from this spot, you'll come to a golf... |
The Cheers Travel World / Belyayevka photos