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Nature Show. The Lost Iguana Resort & Spa in central Costa Rica, which is situated facing the lava-flowing side of the Arenal Volcano (one of the 10 most active volcanoes in the world), is offering guests up to 20% off stays, plus a welcome dinner at its open-air restaurant. The small 42-room hotel is located on 120-acres of rainforest, populated with toucans and howler monkeys. You can raft or hike along trails that wind past 300-year-old trees, waterfalls and hot springs. The spa includes a heated pool and offers open-air massages and a fireside...
...corner of this teahouse makes it easy to spend time here. In the evenings, La Sal, tel: (62-361) 738 321, serves tapas in stylish surroundings. Uncork chilled cava and dive into chorizo, eggplant in Bloody Mary foam, or papas bravas. Appetite sated, head upstairs to the open-air lounge for a valedictory drink...
...flew into Phnom Penh International Airport and took a tuk-tuk (a motorized rickshaw) into town. It was a $5, 45-min., open-air trip on the highway, which probably did bad things to our lungs but helped ease my motion sickness from our wobbly descent to the airport. It also gave us a nice visual primer of the capital, which we were using only as a way station. Looking back, I would have liked at least another day in Phnom Penh to take in the culture - the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, for example - and the laid-back, late...
...decided that such a practice is not compatible with the canton's conservative ways. It has drafted a law that would ban public nudity, subjecting offenders to a $160 fine. The proposed legislation will be submitted to a popular vote on April 26, during Appenzell's annual Landsgemeinde, an open-air assembly in the town's picturesque main square, where all eligible citizens vote, by show of hands, on local laws and budget issues...
Pope John Paul II made evangelizing the Southern Hemisphere a priority of his papacy, visiting Africa 12 times, drawing massive crowds and presumably converting some with his charismatic presence. Benedict hopes to repeat the big crowds, particularly in an open-air mass in Luanda, Angola, on Sunday, though it remains an open question whether this Pope has the same powers of persuasion as his predecessor...