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.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Last week I headed to Tribeca to see Pray the Devil Back to Hell, a documentary that chronicles the truly remarkable story of the Liberian women (both Christian and Muslim) who came together to end a bloody, decades-old civil war.
Beat the Bidding System
Learn a few tricks to make your bid on hotel rooms work for you. Airfare Specials this Week
January is usually a decent month for cheap tickets on the airline, and this January follows that trend...
Kayak found a nice air / hotel package for those who yen for... Disney's Beach Club
The white sandy beaches and large water slide complex of Disney's Beach Club are situated on a lake adjacent to the Epcot theme park. Disney's Beach Club has a more casual decor than its sister resort, Disney's Yacht Club.
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