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...best diving and snorkeling. There is also a resident naturalist, former Malaysian special-forces soldier Captain Mat, who leads jungle and beach tours and prides himself on an encyclopedic knowledge of the region's flora and fauna. And from May to September, visitors can take a hotel van southward for an hour to see hawksbill turtles trundle on shore to lay their eggs. Thousands of massive leatherbacks used to haul themselves onto the beach right next to the Tanjong Jara to do the same. Sadly, mistreatment of the ancient creatures?by tourists, fishermen and egg hunters?has reduced landings from...
...Apple :: If partying ’till dawn is what you miss most about the Spee, you may have to bypass staid Harvard, Boston and New England altogether and head southward for a hot night in Manhattan. You could even kill two birds with one stone and make the trek to the British Consulate-General on swinging Third Avenue! For members still giddy with Chinese New Year memories, the Chinatown bus offers a comparably posh atmosphere. Or, you could just take your Jaguar...
...West have gone a step further, elevating Castro to an almost mythical status. In recent years, a parade of American movie stars has visited the island gulag to mug with its Communist bully. Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, Robert Redford, Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg have all made pilgrimages southward to express their groupie-like adoration for Castro. Costner said watching the premiere of his film “Thirteen Days” with the despot was “the experience of a lifetime,” while Spielberg called his November 2002 dinner with Castro...
...interest of uncovering just how unlike “other schools” Harvard truly is, two friends and I ventured southward over intersession to Florida State University (FSU), a legendary name in the pantheon of great party schools. It was my hope that a thorough examination of the FSU body social might be just the selfless act of public service that could reveal by comparison the major sources of Harvard’s social failings and potentially help remedy them once and for all. Even if I couldn’t single-handedly cure Harvard’s party...
...Since West Nile first emerged on the U.S. scene in 1999 (previous cases had been documented in Africa, but never North America), the virus has been contained to the eastern U.S. This year, however, marks a southward shift from New York City's suburbs, where many previous infections had occurred: all five of the summer's fatal cases have been recorded in Louisiana. Many of the bugs appear to have headed south for the summer, in search of the water they crave and the moist, warm temperatures required for efficient breeding...