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Lindo
Pictures of the Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso, a romantic, all-inclusive, adults-only luxury resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico. 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.
The Summer Airfare Sales to Europe Have Begun
Quite a few of you have been asking how to get lower airfares for travel to Europe this summer. The latest query comes from reader Leslie, who needs four tickets to Rome in late June: "The fares I've found are...
Grand Floridian Pictures - Disney's Grand Floridian - Pictures of the Grand Floridian
Pictures of Grand Floridian at Disney World: Overhead View of The Grand Floridian, with the Magic Kingdom in the background. Disney Water Slides
Disney World resorts have some memorable water slides, from the shipwreck at the Yacht and Beach Club to the roller coaster at the BoardWalk Inn. If you'll be spending a lot of time at the pool, check out these pictures of water slides at Disney World resorts.
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