Photos of Campo alegre, Brazil
Travel articles 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.
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.
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Grand Floridian Resort The flagship Disney World resort, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort surrounds you with stately, turn-of-the-century charm. The Grand Floridian is located across the lake from the Magic Kingdom, and is on the monorail line. Disney's Grand Floridian Resort has a full-service spa and the only Disney restaurant with a dress code, Victoria and Albert's. World Golf Village – Couples Golf Package at Laterra Resort and Spa World Golf Village, St. Augustine, FLPhoto Courtesy of World Golf Village
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