Travel articles The Tank at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Picture and details about the swimming pool area at the Golden Nugget Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. 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... 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.
Hard Rock Hotel
This hotel within the Universal complex offers much for families, including kid suites and a sandy bottom pool with a waterslide. Affordable Luxury: Explore the world
From an African safari to heli-skiing, here's how to live large for less--a tip for every month.
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