Namaste! Greetings from Kathmandu. You must have just about recuperated after the festive season by now!
Gong Xi Fatt Choy to our Chinese and Lhosar Tashi Delek to our Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist subscribers on a very happy and prosperous Year of the Golden Pig.
Responsible Adventures' website, www.notjusttreks.com was launched one year ago. Visits and hits have been soaring every month - thank you for visiting the links given and for your support in visiting the website. It must be said that it was a successful year despite starting on shaky ground with the political turmoil in the country. |
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There is some trouble in the South Eastern belt of the country, which has been fuelled by the selfish politicians not addressing the requirements of the people. All people of Nepal are putting pressure on the politicians to meet with their legitimate demands to bring peace, law and order to the country.
Here is a list of the top countries according to the number of people and days spent in Nepal with Responsible Adventures for the year 2006:
1. Germany
2. Israel
3. Australia
4. United Kingdom
5. Italy
6. Austria
General Knowledge
- Did you know that there are about 38,000 known varieties of mushroom?
- Out of all these varieties only 2,000 are edible
- Out of all the edible varieties only 200 have medicinal values.
- Out of which six (red) are very rich in Medicinal and Therapeutic values.
We have all heard about Magic Mushrooms but I heard about a 'Miracle' mushroom, King of Herbs from a friend. The past month was spent on research and attending seminars about this 'miracle mushroom' called Ganoderma Lucidum in botanical terms, Reishi in Japanese and Lingzhi in Chinese.
One would be baffled with the properties it contains and the healing it can do. In the beginning one can be forgiven for thinking that Ganoderma is too good to be true. I thought I must share this finding with all of you.
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It has been known to man for the past 5,000 years.
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Medical and Scientific reports from the past 100 years confirm its efficacy and safety.
For more details
Tourism News of India
India registers record foreign tourist arrivals in 2006
India achieved a significant growth in terms of foreign tourist arrivals during the year 2006 taking India’s tourist arrivals from 3.92 million in 2005 to 4.43 million in 2006, an increase of 14.2 per cent. Foreign exchange earnings from tourism have also shown a phenomenal growth from US$5730.86 million in 2005 to US$ 6569.34 million in 2006, achieving an increase of 14.6 per cent.
Kerala tops the list with three National Tourism awards
Ambika Soni, union minister for tourism and culture, on the eve of Republic Day gave away the National Tourism awards to the travel industry players. Awards were given for 23 categories besides awards for meritorious students of Institute of Hotel Management and the Indian Institute of Travel & Tourism Management. Meanwhile, Kerala Tourism topped the list of awardees by bagging three awards. The three awards being Best State, Best Innovative Use of Information Technology and Best Rural Tourism Project, which it shared with Orissa.
For Alternative Music by a fellow ex-tour leader turned Tour operator Atmo Meyer visit: www.tanta-songs.com
The weather on Valentines day got the couples to cuddle up in the cold. The whole country experienced rain and snowfall. The residents of Kathmandu were taken by surprise when they saw snow flakes around 1.30 pm. It lasted for 45 minutes. Though the daytime temperature plummeted to 3 degrees Celsius it was enough to melt the away the snow instantly. Kathmanduites got to experience snowfall after a gap of 62 years as the last snowfall took place in 1945.
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