Borneo To Bangkok: Trips, Tips & Deals

Maybe it was the string of customer-service disasters, starting with the Costa Concordia tragedy last year and leading up to the recent Carnival Triumph “poop” cruise, on which passengers were left adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for five days without working toilets.

NASA explains that the eerie green glow in the sky over the lake is airglow, which is light emitted by atoms high in the Earth's atmosphere as they recombine at night after being separated during the day by energetic sunlight.

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is accepting reservations to join the low-cost, paddle tours of Estacada Lake, leaving from a new boat ramp at McIver State Park. The tours will be on Thursday mornings.

The new summer program is called "Let's Go," after the established "Let's Go Camping" program that parks already offer. The new Let's Go activities offer organized hiking, birding, disc golf and paddling.

Marriott wants you to Travel Brilliantly--and it needs your help in creating the hotel of the future that reflects how travelers increasingly blend time off with time on.