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Visit Lumbini Tourism Year 2012
The Visit Lumbini Year -2012 that is to start next year is both opportunity and challenges to attract internal and external tourists and to attract economic cooperation for the development of Lumbini and to publicize and make Lumbini known to the world. Although the Visit Lumbini Year has been already declared, it will only begin on January 1, 2012 and the initiation will be organized in a grand manner, said the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT). There are many challenges ahead as compared to the enthusiasm to declare the Visit Lumbini Year. The Lumbini Development Trust has made preparations to decorate Lumbini, make welcome gates in roads and highways, and organize various programmes all the year round. The Trust has planned to spend at least Rs. 100 million for making the Lumbini visit year successful. The Trust is to fill water in the pond and central canal, clean up and to run boats in it, and works are intensified for the same.Messages for visiting Lumbini has also been advertised in foreign media channels to publicize through organizations in countries like China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand and USA.There is also a programme to organize programmes of Buddha Day and Lumbini Visit Year 2012 concluding function in Lumbini.
Blue Sheeps in Kanchanjangha
The population of bharal Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur), a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, Kashmir, Pakistan, Bhutan and India is 1,500 in Kanchanjangha Conservation Area (KCA), according to a report of the World Wildlife Fund.
According to the report, there are 448 ewes and 275 and 185 adult ram and ewe, respectively. The number of male lambs and female lambs is 177 and 250, respectively.
The Kathmandu Post 11 - 19 - 10
Baruntse Avalance
Everest Sherpa legend, Chhewang Nima is still missing and feared dead in the Himalayas. On October 23rd, the leading mountaineer was fixing ropes on Mount Baruntse for a British expedition, when an avalanche hit and caused him to fall down the north-east slope of the mountain.
A renowned mountain climber, Nima was well known in climbing circles for reaching the summit of Everest nineteen times.
Officials have called off the search yesterday due to weather conditions, which are not likely to clear up for a few days. Jiban Ghimire, Nima's employer said, "We don't think the conditions will improve for at least a week. His family believes he is dead."
According to the AP, Nima, age 43, is the father of two daughters and has scaled Everest twice this year alone. A highly experienced and capable climber, Nima would travel to the US each year to climb, teach and guide. He was one climb short of the world record of ascents on Everest, currently set at 20 and held by Nepalese climber Sherpa Apa.
Himalayas of Nepal have the Hotel at the highest altitude in the WorldEverest View Hotel is not a new name even to those who have not visited it. The hotel has entered onto record books as the hotel in the highest altitude in the world. Situated at the altitude of 3,880 m above sea level near the Syangboche airstrip in Solukhumbu district, the hotel offers probably the best views of stunning show-capped mountain like the majestic Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Thamserku and Tawache. Established in 1972, the construction of the 12-room hotel begans at the investment of $ 1 million. Japan-born mechanical engineer Takashi Miyahara is the man who conceived the idea of construction a hotel at such a high altitude.
Youngest to summit Everest
A recently held tiger count has concluded that the number of adult tigers have risen from 91 in 2008-09 to 212 now in Chitwan district. In addition, it has put the number of sub-adults at approximately 22 to 23 in the Chitwan National park. With the new study the tiger population in Chitwan has now reached 144.
The study was undertaken by a government monitoring team, which has now found 30 more adult tigers during the study period from November 2009 to April 2010. The revelation has come at a time when Nepal is considered to be a hub of illegal trade in tiger parts with tiger skins and bones illegally smuggled through Nepal to China where it is used for manufacturing of traditional Chinese medicines. The government will incorporate the new findings in the country profile to be presented at the Head of Stages Tiger Summit to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from September 16-18.The tiger census is determined, usualy, through pug marks and camera trapping. The government is also trying to install the satellite GPS (Global Positionining System) collar trapping, which is a least tracking technology. Until now, the total number of breeding adults was considered to be 212 throughout the country. With the new counting, the number has been found to be 121 in Chitwan alone.
Vehicle free Kathmandu Durbar Square The more cungested part of kathmandu is the old part of Kathmandu. In its heart lies Kathmandu Durbar Square, enlisted as world heritage site by UNESCO. But the worst traffic, haphazardious parking and vendors had deteroriated its monumental value and degraded it into UNESCO's endangered lists. However the Hanumandhoka Durbar Area Conservation Programme Office, Basantapur, has announced a reform by banning vehicle in the Durbar Square Area. Local clubs, security offices, Kathmandu District Administration Office, Kathmandu Metropolitan City were involved in the decision. Security personnel and staff of the programme office would be mobilized to discourage young people from parking motorcycles haphazardly as they whiled away their time with friends, Shrestha informed. The programme office had floated a similar idea some years ago but to no avail. Local people and clubs did not extend necessary support then. Something like this was needed to protect the World Heritage Site which was placed in the endangered list as it was gradually losing its monumental, cultural and historical values, Shrestha argued. As they say better late never, Hanumandhoka Durbar Square as a zone free from public vehicles and assemblies is expected to give a facelift to the area and bring more tranquility in tourist spot at the hub of the capital.
Found after 7 days in Langtang National park
A Japanese woman who got lost in mountainous area of northern Nepal for the past 13 days confessed that she will not repeat such a stupidity again.
A 49-years old Makiko Iwafuchi went missing on May 25 from northern hilly District Rasuwa, 60 km north of capital Kathmandu, and was found on June 7 with the help of local potters.
Iwafuchi, who had been trekking in Nepal for a long time, said, "I would like to trek again but I'm not going to repeat same stupidity again."
Iwafuchi was trekking alone without trekking guide in Gosaikunda that lies in Nepal's Langtang National Park area at an altitude of 4,380 meters.
Talking to journalists here on Friday, she said that she survived on leaves and bamboo shoots before being discovered in a cave Tuesday. "I carried one camera, hotel room key and sunscreen, there was no food to eat," she said.
According to her, she had traveled many parts of Nepal, specially she had trek Annapurna Base Camp, Langtang, Annapurna Circuit, Everest Base Camp, among others. "Though my friends in capital suggested me not to trek alone and pick trekking guide, I thought I had trek enough and this time I can do it myself, which was my mistake," she said.
Elephant Beauty Pageant in Chitwan
A beauty pageant was held in Chitwan on Monday and Tuesday for elephants. In the competition, the first such in the nation, a svelte 28-year-old walked away with the prize after defeating two other finalists. Of the three finalists, the youngest won. Chanchalkali, which translates as "playful beautiful," looked resplendent in a light red gown that covered her hulk of a body. Her nails were painted different colors and her forehead was covered with red cloth. The Elephant Beauty Pageant was part of the three-day Chitwan Elephant Festival, which ended Tuesday.
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Annapurna Expedition 2010
The Chinese archaeologists have found a very small "pagoda" -- it sounds more like an ornate reliquary shaped like a pogoda -- that allegedly contains a gold coffin bearing part of the Buddha's skull inside a silver box. Scans have confirmed there are two metal boxes inside the pagoda, but no one has opened it to look at them. Apparently the scientists will not open the pagoda until they can do so without harming the contents. There is speculation the relics were in one of the 84,000 stupas said to have been commissioned by Ashoka the Great Empire of India (304 � 232 BCE). After the Buddha's cremation, his remains were divided into eight parts and placed into eight stupas. The Emperor Ashoka opened the stupas, further divided the relics and had them enshrined in 84,000 stupas scattered throughout his empire. In the late 6th century the Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had stupas built all over China as a means to unite long-divided northern and southern China, further dividing the Buddha's relics. Many other stupas have been built in China, and elsewhere in Asia, since. One suspects that if the World-Honored One were reassembled, he'd be hundreds of feet tall and have numerous heads, legs, and hooves.