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Virtual Vacations

Sitting in your office or home, staring at a computer screen (ahem - like you are right now) is unfortunately not exactly the kind of material to write home about. Since you're reading ROAD & TRAVEL's Travel News, is it possible that you're day dreaming of far off, exotic adventures? We hope so.

Although we can't send you on your ultimate dream vacation, we can help you get a quick fix. Brighten up your lack-luster day by downloading a vibrant new wallpaper for your computer desktop from Screensavers.com. Call it a "virtual vacation," if you will. (Hey, we're trying here.)

Screensavers offers a wide variety of visually-rich images, from frigid arctic scenes to idyllic waterfalls on sunny tropical isles - and all within easy (and free!) reach.

With more than 5 million daily visitors to the site every month, Screensavers, which has been dubbed the "pop culture pulse-taker" by The Los Angeles Times, acts as an informal barometer of "what's in, online." Screensavers offers this unique insight into consumers' favorite

See what this year's (surprising) "travel" hot spots are, ranked in order of popularity in downloads for a recent four week period ending in June 2006:

Screensavers and location

1. Caribbean Island St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
2. Tropical Islands Negril, Jamaica
3. Arctic Scape Greenland, Arctic
4. Nisbeth Beach Nevis, U.S. Virgin Islands
5. Seine River Paris, France
6. Playa Grande Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic
7. Bermuda Waves Hamilton, Bermuda
8. Clear Blue Hawaii Multiple locations in Hawaii, U.S.A.
9. St. Kitts St. Kitts, U.S. Virgin Islands
10. Dayton Skyline Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.
11. Flinders Caye Coral Sea, Australia
12. Indian Beach Goa, India
13. Half Moon Cay Lighthouse Reef, Belize
14. Aguada Aguada, Puerto Rico
15. Mount Magazine Arkansas, U.S.A.
16. Eiffel Tower Paris, France
17. Greenwich Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A.
18. Pakistan-Blue Waters Karachi. Pakistan
19. Images of Ireland Multiple locations in Ireland
20. Stonehenge Wiltshire, England

(Source: Screensavers)