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The Finest Vacation

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The Mauna Kea Resort offers a peaceful and romantic Hawaiian vacation experience often hailed as one of the world’s finest.In view of its superior beauty, wonderful location and multifarious services, mauna lani resort is definitely the most luxurious resort .

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N.Y. Congresswoman’s Husband Dies on Himalayan

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The husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has died on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas, aides to the congresswoman said Saturday.
Clifton Maloney, a millionaire investment banker and avid climber, was resting in a high-altitude camp after a successful ascent to the [...]

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Need to conserve Himalayan bio-diversity stressed

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Highlighting the need to conserve the Himalayas, noted environmentalist Vandana Shiva stated that these mountains were custodians to a large diversity, which would vanish unless reckless usage of natural resources was not curtailed.
Delivering the keynote address she said that the green house effect was adversely affecting the life cycle and giving rise to complicated medical [...]

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Himalayas hotspot of climate change

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It’s 4,000 miles of mountains, seas and valleys from Kathmandu to Copenhagen. With changing climate, it could well become 4,000 miles
of sudden storms, flood and climate migrations. Recognising that nations need to pool resources and expertise to face climate change impacts, South Asian countries came together for the first time earlier this week for a [...]

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French cheesemaker climbs the Himalayas

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Chandeshwori — When Frenchman Francois Driard decided to settle in Nepal after a decade-long love affair with the Himalayan nation, just one thing was missing: good cheese. So the 31-year-old former business writer decided to make his own.
For the past year and a half, Driard has been running a small dairy farm in the foothills [...]

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Snowline recedes on the Himalayas by 400 mts

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In the 1980s, the snow line was visible at 4,900 mt at the end of summer. It has now moved up to 5,200 mt in 2006 marking loss of ice accumulation in the lower heights.
“Himalayan glaciers are not in good health,” Anil Kulkarni who studies glaciers at the Space Department’s Satellite Application Centre in Ahmedabad [...]

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Travel tips

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Travel is the change in location of people on a trip through the means of transport from one location to another. You’ve travelled and you’ve experienced things. Share what you know and what you’ve experienced with the Top Tips community. Post tips today on Top Tips.

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Holiday in Sri Lanka

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Holiday in Sri Lanka is ideal if you’re looking forward to have fun, enjoy the sunshine and frolic in white sandy beaches.

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