Thursday, April 29, 2010

PImail (Travel) for 4/29/2010

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Steinbeck's best pal
At the end of a Cannery Row that Steinbeck wouldn't recognize today, "Doc" Ed Ricketts' humble Pacific Biological Laboratories, which was also his home, survives barely changed.

Sweet Marfa nights
If you haven't made the trip to this oddly mesmerizing outpost of imported hipness and native hospitality, a once-dying desert town revived with an infusion of world-class art when Donald Judd arrived in the '90s, here's your reason to make plans.

Otherworldly park a Hollywood favorite
Red Rock Canyon, about 80 miles east of Bakersfield in the northern Mojave Desert, is a geologic freak show, an overlooked mini-Badlands with hallucinogenic scenery.

Where to hit your sweet spot
Face it, nobody ever really satisfies a sweet tooth. For those times, here are a few sites that inspire sweet dreams - although 4 out of 5 dentists recommend brushing after reading this list.

Calakmul offers glimpse of ancient Maya history
Calakmul, two hours off the highway between the Yucatan's two costs in Campeche, is proving to be the largest city of the Late Classic period, when the Maya's great accomplishments in architecture, astronomy, writing, painting and sculpture peaked.

 

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