Photos of Heerde, Netherlands
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.
Travel Deals for the Week of Jan. 12 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... Circus Circus Circus Circus is nonstop action, and not just in the casino. The Adventuredome is a great place to keep kids entertained and offers pay-one-price tickets for theme park rides. The dome, while keeping the weather out, keeps the noise in. The hotel corridors and rooms are also decorated in a rather noisy style. Circus acts are performed every twenty minutes and can been seen from the casino and most of the restaurants. Honestly, the whole place gives me a headache. Cast Your Vote: 2009 World Savers Awards Taken a green trip lately? Booked yourself into an eco-efficient hotel? Conde Nast Traveler wants to know. We're looking for nominees for our annual World Savers Awards, which honor the best in earth-friendly travel, from hotels to cruise lines to airlines to tour companies. We'll send your nominees an application that covers five areas of good works: poverty alleviation, cultural and environmental preservation, wildlife conservation, health, and education.
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