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.
Mystery Photo - Where Can You See This Clock?
Can you identify this location? I recently visited this famous landmark. The inscription under the clock reads "Arizona Time."
Photo © Nancy Parode
... Swimming Pool at the Bellagio Las Vegas
Picture and details about the swimming pool area at Bellagio Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. De-stress With a Do-it-Yourself Face Massage
In dealing with flights, I have always found it important to have ways to help myself reduce the stresses and anxieties that can come with air travel. From my eyeshades,... Barcelona: Party until the wee hours, or shop until you drop
Skip the citys beaches and check out the dining scene, which some believe rivals Paris.
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