Himalayas And Nepal Guide
Kosi river once again on rampage (Central Chronicle) One might be shocked to hear it, but there is no such river called the Kosi. The correct name of the river is Sapta Kosi, meaning it is the combined flow of seven rivers.
Nelson paintings on display at Kakawa (Santa Fe New Mexican) Chocolate is deeply intertwined in the history and consciousness of Mesoamerica ? the region encompassing parts of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. As Meredith L. Dreiss and Sharon Edgar Greenhill write in their new book, Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods , "The place held by chocolate in matters of creation, fertility, death, and rebirth is just now being understood ...
From flattest Caithness to the heights of Katmandu (John O'Groat Journal) Ami Dundas, of Argyle Square, Wick, is more than two-thirds through a 10-week volunteering placement at a children's learning centre high in the Himalayas. Before returning to Scotland on September 24 she will be undertaking a 10-day trek in the Annapurna range with other volunteers.
Death or glory: The truth about K2 (Independent) Somewhere above 8,000m things are going very badly wrong for Wilco van Rooijen. All but blinded by altitude sickness, his brain and body slowed by lack of oxygen, he staggers and stumbles helplessly down the precipitous slope of the mountain. The searing elation that the 40-year-old had experienced just hours before on reaching the peak of K2, perhaps the world's most dangerous mountain, is ...
Asia in a bound (The Star) If you have neither the time nor the means to explore this massive landmass spanning more than half the globe, just read this book.
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