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...after finding his heaven on earth in Indonesia. In the 15 years since, the former insurance broker and his wife, Federica, have turned 0.9 km of pristine beach on the remote island of Cubadak into Paradiso Village - the best diving resort in the area, and a bucolic getaway for anyone seeking to escape the harried pace of urban life. "On Cubadak, we are all about nature," says Casalegno. Paradiso's feeling of spectacular isolation is belied by its relative accessibility - a fact that has made it an open secret not only to [an error occurred while processing this directive] repeat...
...eight-week getaway, Glen and Carol Mowatt, from Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., are "dead-set fishers." They've camped at Eighty Mile Beach before, and are hoping to fill their portable freezer with goodies such as the delicious but hard-to-catch threadfin salmon. Glen, a tanned and trim 62-year-old who still works as a carpenter, keeps an eye on the charts, goes to fish two hours before full tide, and stays for an hour after its peak. When the tide is out on this shallow coast, he'll walk 3 km over the wet sand to cast...
...insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, but the al-Qaeda leader was able to talk his way out of custody. Several months later, according to special-ops sources, the task force's commandos closed in on his vehicle west of Baghdad near the Euphrates River, but he escaped. After every getaway, al-Zarqawi went further underground and beefed up his personal security. "I would like to say that every time we had a near miss, we got closer and closer," says a knowledgeable Pentagon official. "But that's not necessarily the case. After both close calls, there were periods where...
...hunting for a short-term getaway rather than a permanent residence, Homeaway.com which launched last week, might hit the spot. The easy-to-navigate site has 60,000 vacation-rental listings in some 90 countries--ranging from a rustic North Carolina cabin for $200 a week to a $45,000 Jamaican pleasure palace. Homeaway is free to search, and listings include owners' contact information so that you can call or e-mail to make a direct reservation as soon as you find a vacation spot that meets your needs...
...Vultaggio, the 6-ft. 8-in. son of an A&P produce manager, who started out hawking beer in New York City from the back of a Volkswagen bus (he proudly recalls being a victim of armed robbers and once threw a brick at a robber's getaway car), wind up building a New Age--drink business, selling bottles adorned with cherry blossoms? From death stares to drapes in three easy steps. Vultaggio and partner John Ferolito established a semisuccessful beer distributorship before trying to produce their own brands. Their first choices were a little less refined than mandarin-orange...