Friday, August 22, 2008

HOTEL LOI SUITES RECOLETA


* Rooms : 112, Pool Spa Restaurant, Bar, Special Occasion Conference Rooms, In proximity to the Business District.

* This hotel features large rooms that combine warmth, style and the latest technology. These details transform the Loi Suites Recoleta into an ideal place; as much for tourism as for business trips.

* You will find among the included services ; the breakfast buffet, wireless internet access in each room, a portable telephone (without extra charge), the business district of the city, a heated outdoor swimming pool, a gym and a sauna.

* The Loi Suites Recoleta Hotel is located at the heart of the Recoleta zone, very close to various shops, museums, cultural centers and the best that fine gastronomy has to offer.

King Penguin, Two-wheeled Turtle, More


After being knighted by Norway's elite King's Guard at the behest of Norwegian King Harald V, king penguin Nils Olav walks past soldiers at Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo.

Olav has been an honorary member and mascot of the King's Guard for decades and was made an honorary colonel-in-chief in 2005.

King penguins live up to about 40 years in captivity, twice as long as in the wild. About a million wild kings inhabit relatively temperate regions of northern Antarctica.

Grand Canyon to Get Glass Bridge


The all-glass, balcony-like "Skywalk"--shown in an illustration released this week--will extend over the edge of the Grand Canyon, 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) above the Colorado River.

"The Skywalk will be an attraction unlike any other in the world," said Sheri Yellowhawk, CEO of the Grand Canyon Resort Corporation. The company is building the bridge in the Hualapai Indian Reservation on the south rim of the canyon.

The Skywalk is scheduled to open to the public in January 2006 as part of a new resort on the reservation. The resort, known as Grand Canyon West, is to include a re-created Indian village and a restaurant perched on the edge of the canyon. Tourism is the reservation's biggest source of income.

Grand Canyon West will be on the western edge of Grand Canyon National Park, about 120 miles (about 200 kilometers) from Las Vegas. But perhaps not even the Las Vegas Strip's over-the-top attractions will be a match for this glass-bottom walkway over the world's biggest gorge.