Photos of Slyudyanka, Russia
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.
Goddess, Arm: Bedbug Bites Goddess, Arm: Pictures of bedbug bites by real people bitten by bedbugs. Room at the Inn: Finding hotel deals in 2009 It's an understatement to say that location is everything. The economic crisis is not affecting all markets equally, so just how great a bargain you find will depend largely on where you look.
Obama Inauguration and Air Travel Around Washington DC Tuesday, January 20 will not only mark an historical inauguration, but should see record numbers flying into the Washington DC area. No doubt, chaos is bound to be part of... Swimming Pool at Treasure Island Hotel Casino Picture and details about the swimming pool area at the Treasure Island Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. |
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