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Chile shares many things with California State
By • Catholic Online • 4/9/2010
The South American nation of Chile has many things in common with the state of California. According to National Geographic correspondent Kenneth Brower, both have ideal weather for growing grapes. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – "Chile, like California, has good grape weather. In winter, North ...
Amazon jungle can be as different as night and day
By • Catholic Online • 4/9/2010
The Great Green Giant that is known as the Amazon jungle is a lush and mysterious place. What is not widely known is the rolling verdant plains take on totally different personalities in the light of day and the fall of night. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – According to National ...
Hawaiian island of Lanai offers relaxation
By • Catholic Online • 4/6/2010
While Lanai is the sixth largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, the feel there is very relaxed and unhurried. It is more of a plantation that a tourist destination, and that is what it was before developers decided to transform it from a pineapple farm to a resort area. LANAI, HAWAII ...
Santa Barbara: A little bit of Europe in California
By • Catholic Online • 4/6/2010
Santa Barbara is a bustling coastline community that became what it is today by going through the flames of a major disaster, to re-emerge, phoenix-like, from the ashes. An earthquake in 1925 leveled its downtown area, and the city´s founder vowed to rebuild, and did so in a style that recalled its ...
World´s most exclusive hike only allows 12 people annually
By • Catholic Online • 4/6/2010
The most exclusive hike in Hawaii only allows 12 visitors a year, and is quite expensive. Anyone who wants to partake of all the natural wonders on this hike most have cash in hand, and rely on an annual drawing. MAUI, HAWAII (Catholic Online) – According to National Geographic correspondent ...
Melbourne: Australia's second city
By • Catholic Online • 4/1/2010
There's an old witticism about Australia's two major cities that isn't entirely true. "Nature has done everything for Sydney, man nothing; man has done everything for Melbourne, nature nothing." While Melbourne features a muddy river in place of Sydney's glistening seaside harbor, there are still ...
Peruvian city of Machu Picchu place of untold mystery
By • Catholic Online • 4/1/2010
The breath-taking Peruvian city of Machu Picchu draws countless tourists by its beauty and ancient, spiritual atmosphere. Why the Incas built such a place in such a remote area remains a fathomless mystery. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "The sight before me seemed like something from an ...
Paintings by native Australians dazzle the senses
By • Catholic Online • 4/1/2010
The term "aboriginal art" is sometimes used by art critics to describe art that is unschooled and unaware of technique, as found in many naive thrift-shop paintings that clutter attics. In its most pristine form, however, Aboriginal art refers to the dazzlingly complex and beautiful work of native ...
Iguazú Falls spans two nations for spectacular views
By • Catholic Online • 3/29/2010
Iguazú Falls is a sweeping natural wonder that spans over 745 miles from Southern Brazil to the headwaters in the Serra do Mar. Countless tributaries along with 70 other waterfalls provides a breath-taking experience for the most hardened world traveler. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "You ...
San Diego Zoo reopens Polar Bear Plunge
By • Catholic Online • 3/24/2010
The San Diego Zoo has reopened its popular attraction,the Conrad Prebys Polar Bear Plunge exhibit. New, updated features will give visitors a chance to crawl through a polar bear's snow den, pop their heads through a seal's breathing hole in the ice, and climb into an Arctic research ...
