Photos of Kawalu, Indonesia
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.
The Check-In Checklist: Where to stay before you die When you're tired, off-kilter in a new city, or just need to get your head right, a great hotel will help you rediscover your balance.
Apartment Rental in Rome My family in Rome last month. (Yes, those are the Spanish Steps.) Conde Nast Traveler reader M. Kaplan has written in asking for advice regarding renting an apartment in Rome: "My husband and I have enjoyed your useful, practical travel...
More Tech Items for Travelers Portable GPS devices seem to be getting better by the day, and TomTom's GO 740 Live is the latest addition to the increasingly competitive field. The most promising feature is the new Google search function, which means no longer depending on the Points of Interests stored in the TomTom database.
Travel Deals for the Week of Jan. 19 Here's this week's list of 10 travel deals. Many of these links lead to offers with a very limited shelf life, so if you're interested, act quickly. But don't... |
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