Travel articles 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.
Miami Beach's Retro-Fabulous Fontainebleau Resort Reopens
Following a nearly three-year, $1 billion overhaul, that favorite retro-hip address of Rat Pack glitterati and old money Miami - the Fontainebleau Resort - reopened recently in Miami Beach. Never... Grand Xcaret - Aerial View - Pictures of Grand Xcaret
Aerial View: Photos of the Grand Xcaret by Occidental resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress...
If you think Orlando is all about the theme parks, think again! The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort is itself a world-class destination, not just a place to spend the night while hopping from theme park to theme park during the day. When a Flight Delay or Cancellation is Caused by the Airline
Having worked for an airline for almost 15 years, I've seen a lot of the unavoidable reality of air travel - flights will delay or cancel. There are two types...
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