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...regional favorites: Gunung Bromo, Indonesia, 2,392 m It may be an easy 30-minute hike from car park to crater rim, but Bromo's frequent rumbles and gaseous emissions serve to remind visitors not to take this giant too lightly. Time your trip to Java's famed volcano for the dry season (June through October), and clear skies should afford stunning views of the surrounding Tengger Caldera. Sunrise watchers should start out at 3 a.m. from the nearby town of Cemoro Lawang, and cross the Lautan Pasir - the sandy plain at the volcano's base. From here, a concrete...
Sulfur dioxide from the Kilauea volcano is causing health problems in Hawaii ? Smoking-prevention programs in schools have had almost no influence on whether teens light up ? The shorter a man's index finger is relative to his ring finger, the more aggressive he is likely to be (this doesn't apply to women) ? The fat in avocados helps the body absorb cancer-fighting nutrients
...warehouse features the friendliest billiards in town. The star here, though, isn’t the dozen pool tables, but the affordable comfort food. Start off with the down-home pulled pork sandwich ($7.95; on wax paper that says, “DELICIOUS”), then end with the Volcano Cake ($4.95). With the chocolate dessert, Flat Top Johnny’s serves a pile of whipped cream with a maraschino cherry—and while too rich for one, it’s the perfect size for two. Meet white-haired Kenny at the bar, who stumbles in with...
...DIED. SUSAN SONTAG, 71, prominent critic, novelist and outspoken public intellectual; in New York City. Although she was best known for her works of nonfiction, including Against Interpretation and the critical study On Photography, Sontag wrote fiction (including The Way We Live Now and the best-selling The Volcano Lover), directed films, produced the movie Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo, and wrote numerous articles?proving, according to her own definition, that a writer should be "someone who is interested in everything...
...minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder One hundred forty years ago, in A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne depicted the Snaefellsjökull volcano as the gateway to the belly of the world. Today, it stands as a dormant, ice-capped, exquisite backdrop to Hotel Budir, Iceland's newest boutique hotel. Built on the site of an old hippy commune which morphed into a quirky hotel in the '80s and burned down in 2001, the hotel...