Photos of El olivar, Honduras
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.
Denver - Continental Flight 1404 Saturday's accident involving Continental flight 1404 is not expected to impact air traffic today at Denver International Airport. According DIA spokesperson Elizabeth Mason, "delays are whatever the normal delays are,... Learn to XC or Snowshoe Free This Saturday If there's snow covering the ground at a winter resort near you, odds are excellent you can learn to cross country ski or snowshoe free next Saturday. Some of... 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... Horseback Riding on the Beach Horseback riding on the beach at Puntacana Resort & Club in the Dominican Republic. |
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