August 17th, 2009 by Ambrose Bittner
In an article by Charlie Norton dated August 14, 2009 in the Daily Telegraph, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar opposition leader, has dropped her opposition to tourism in Myanmar. Burma was renamed Myanmar by the ruling military dictatorship, but the new name has never been recognized by the United States and other Western countries. [...]
August 6th, 2009 by Ambrose Bittner
On Sunday, July 19, 2009 two groups of participants in the Red Lantern Journeys Climb for Himalaya Children struggled their way through thin air and high winds to reach the summit of the 14,410-foot-high Mt. Rainier. They planted Tibetan prayer flags on the summit in honor of the children of the Mitrata Orphanage in Kathmandu. [...]
August 6th, 2009 by Ambrose Bittner
Check out my article on Nepal and the Mitrata Orphanage in the Go section of the June, 2009 issue of the Arc Magazine. I write about my last trip there in March and some of the amazing things to do there besides go trekking and climbing mountains! Read the article here: Nepal Article in the [...]
August 5th, 2009 by Ambrose Bittner
At the direction of the Nepal Forest Ministry, Chitwan National Park has forced all 7 lodges located within its boundaries to close because they have been unable to renegotiate a contract that expired on July 16th of this year. Word from a local tour operator, says that the lodges owe the government some tax money [...]
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