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...want to spend it in relative ease, check out these places that let you feel good while doing some good. SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND (escapeadv.com) Proof that the best (indigenous) insights come in small packages, this mountain-biking operator takes select off-road groups through eye-popping Tolkien terrain, using local Kiwi resources as much as possible. CORDILLERA BLANCA, PERU (footlooseadventure.co.uk) Action-weary tourists can let their llamas do the walking - 4,500 m up in the Andes, that is - while funding deserving local projects through Footloose Adventure Travel. The travel agency also accepts donations for Climate Care Trust...
...MOROCCO: Oukeimeden boasts Africa's highest ski lift, at 3,261 m. Just 74 km from Marrakech, it has one chair and a few drag lifts?as well as donkeys to take you up to terrain not served by technology...
...Simplon allows you to explore the cultures of Southeast Asia as it carries you from Singapore to Bangkok via the Malay Peninsula. The train's interior and standard of service are similar to that of the Venice Simplon; what's different is the view?acres of tropical countryside, jungle terrain and rice paddies framed in the train's window. It's also a bit cheaper at $1,760 for a one-way ticket...
...This new terrain plays to Clark's strengths. He has broad, nuanced foreign and defense policy experience. He has a commanding presence and radiates a brisk military competence. When I last checked in on Clark in early December, he seemed an Army officer trying to act like a politician. Now he's a politician. He not only has a stump speech but he's got the body language down too. During a town-hall meeting in New Hampshire last week, Clark was confronted by a man waving a thick sheaf of insurance forms--the paperwork required in treating his wife...
...universities struggle to deal with the growing mental health problem, as well as a changing legal terrain, some students and experts say concerns about liability overly motivate administrators’ actions...