Photos of Ponazyrevo, Russia
Travel articles 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... 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.
Top Chefs Unite to End Hunger On January 26, chef Bradford Thompson will kick off his Tasteful Pursuit dinner tour at New York's Lever House Restaurant. Along with chef Terrance Brennan and chocolatier Jacques Torres, Thompson will sear and sautée to help Share Our Strength end childhood hunger in America.
Swimming Pool at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino Picture and details about the swimming pool area at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. 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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