Travel articles
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.
Horseback Riding on the Beach
Horseback riding on the beach at Puntacana Resort & Club in the Dominican Republic. Cinderella's Pumpkin Coach
Picture of Cinderella's pumpkin coach, done in a hand-crafted mosaic, seen in the entrance to Cinderella's Castle Suite in Walt Disney World. Photos of Disney's Beach Club Resort, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
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of rooms, lobby, pool, lounge and restaurant areas of Disney's Beach Club Resort in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida. More on Ditching Planes and the A320's Water-Friendly Design
Most flight crews get at least one day of training in a pool in swimsuits for that rarest of airline disasters, a ditching. If you think that sounds fun, you're wrong. Among other things, you have to demonstrate that you're a strong swimmer and that you're capable of climbing into and out of one of those inflatable evacuation chutes, which become life rafts in the water.
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