Meet in Las Vegas and shuttle to Death Valley National Park. Delight in cycling to Badwater, the lowest point in the United States at 282 feet below sea level 

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Tlaquepaque is a highly fashionable suburb within the limits of Mexico’s second largest city, Guadalajara. With its hip up market colonial center offering a character and style of its own, a must see location when traveling throughout this part of Mexico.

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The provincial legislature of Santa Cruz recently voted to devote 80,000 hectares to the creation of a new national park: the Bosque Petrificado de Jaramillo (Petrified Forest of Jaramillo).According to La Nación, the Petrified Forest will now be far better protected than it was in the past.Petrified wood in the province of Santa Cruz comes from enormous trees which, during the Jurassic Period 130 million years ago, covered much of Patagonia.When they fell and the climate changed, they became some of the oldest and largest fossils seen today on the earth.With the addition of this national park, the province of Santa Cruz now has four national parks within its borders.

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Argentina and Brazil are considered to be the two teams to beat in the men’s soccer tournament at the 2008 Olympic Games this year.Argentina, of course, is eager to defend its gold medal from the last Olympic Games.Brazil, despite its prowess as a world soccer power for many years, has never won a gold medal in soccer.According to the Philadelphia Daily News, if Argentina or Brazil win their first round groups, they will go directly to the championships.Who might come in third?Assuming these powers perform they way that they should, the field is wide open, and the U.S., among others, is looking to at least get a medal, even if they can’t beat Argentina or Brazil.

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Hotel Home, in Palermo Viejo, was recently picked as having one of the ten “sexiest” hotel rooms in the world by Bill Tikos, author of the blog The Cool Hunter.The Times Onlineis currently highlighting Tikos’ picks of the ten sexiest hotel rooms, which he found touring the world in search of cool and recently published in a book.Hotel Home was started in 2005 by Tom Rixton and Patricia O’Shea, a British couple who were getting married in the city and wanted to create a stylish place for their friends and family to enjoy the city.Now it is a popular, hi-style hotel in the heart of the Buenos Aires night life scene. Highlights that make it one of the sexiest hotels?A shallow pool, surrounded by tropical plants, an ever flowing bar, and the beautiful private rooftop terrace are all part of the hotel’s charm.

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This weekend, Eduardo Romero won the U.S. Senior Open, playing before 45,000 people at the Broadmoor Golf Club, in Colorado Springs.According to La Voz,the only other Argentine to win this golf tournament won it back in 1980, Romero’s first very on the professional golfing circuit.He is also the first international golfer to win this U.S. tournament since 1997.He finished with a score of 274, six under par.Romero came back to Argentina yesterday to his home province of Cordoba.He said he had been very anxious to get back and share the victory with his family, especially since it is the first time in his career that he has won a Major.

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Today, the Locarno Film Festival begins in Switzerland and two different Argentine films are competing in the second most important category, New Filmmakers.The films are La orilla que se abisma (The Shore that Amazes), directed by Gustavo Fontán, and El sueño del perro (The Dream of the Dog), directed by Paulo Pécora.According to Revista Ñ, both films competed in the BAFICI Film Festival held in Buenos Aires earlier this year.The most important category of the competition is the Official Competition, and there is no Argentine film this year.However, there is a joint project between Perú, Argentina, Germany and France called Dioses (Gods), directed by Peruvian director Josué Méndez, that is in the running for the highest honor at the festival.

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