Travel Stories and News for 3/31/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

Below is a list of travel stories and news for 3/31/2009

Seven Endangered Species You Can Still See in the Wild – via Gadling
There is no doubt that we are fascinated with wildlife. We love to watch diverse and interesting animals, preferably in their natural habitats, and we’re often willing to travel to remote places, sometimes at great expense, to see them. If you enjoy the kind of travel that allows for these kinds of animal encounters, they you’ll want to check out BootsnAll’s list of the Seven Endangered Species You Can Find Outside a Zoo.

Tibetan Art Flourishes – via New York Times
The monasteries in this mountain valley are some of the most important centers of art in the Tibetan world, famed for the creation of painted and cloth scrolls called thangkas that depict Tibetan gods and other religious iconography. In 1999, artists in the area finished the 675-yard-long Great Thangka, which Guinness World Records certified as the biggest thangka in the world.

Memorial Day airfares plunge – via USA Today
This summer could be one of the cheapest in recent memory to fly. Airlines are aggressively slashing ticket prices to fight a falloff in travel caused by the recession. Data analyzed by giant Internet travel site Travelocity.com for USA TODAY show fares over the Memorial Day holiday weekend — the start of the summer season — are down sharply from last year.

Earth Hour 2009 in Pictures – via Boston.com
Amazing pictures from Earth hour across ther globe

photo credit: exfordy