Travel articles Best Backpacker Destinations 2009
Lots o' fun best backpacker destinations lists get tailor-made early each year for various traveler types, and we've come across a few for 2009 that are great for every breed... A Foodie in the White House: Edible D.C.
Our nation's capital is abuzz with Obama fans today, but our nation's best publications have been abuzz with D.C. food news for weeks. Here are some of the more appetizing headlines
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.
Best Puerto Rico Hotels
Quickly choose a great resort for your next trip to Puerto Rico with this list of the best resorts in Puerto Rico, compiled from personal experience, multiple guest reviews and guidebook recommendations. Cinderella's Mural
Picture of the mural in Cinderella's Castle in Walt Disney World.
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