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Motorcycles VS Cars: An Ongoing Debate This is actually tough to map the 1st bike back to its own beginnings, the initial model bike arrived in to being actually in Paris in 1867. In 1884, the very first office layout from a motorbike looked in England. That had not been till 1894, having said that, Read more
Shalane Flanagan became the first American woman for 40 years to win the New York Marathon as she captured her first major world title. The 36-year-old, runner-up in 2010 and sixth at last year’s Olympics, won in two hours 26 minutes 53 seconds. Kenya’s Mary Keitany, bidding for her fourth consecutive victory in the race, Read more
The WWE Network has updated the schedule for the week ahead, with the revelation that this week’s Flashback Friday content will feature a look back at several WWE veterans. At 3pm Eastern, there will be an airing of the July 4th, 2012 edition of WWE SmackDown featuring a 20 Man Battle Royal. Then, at 4:25pm Read more
FOOTBALL. The game of American football as played today by high school, college, and professional teams grew out of rugby-style football which in the mid-1870s replaced a largely kicking game known as association football. Although initially played on village greens and on college fields, the first intercollegiate game took place on 6 November 1869 when Read more
Trip Introduction Island Peak climbing with Everest Base Camp Trek is a fantastic experience in the Himalayas of Nepal. It is designed for energetic and physically fit trekkers with little or no experience in mountain expedition. Island Peak (6,189m/20,305ft) is one of the main climbing peaks in the Everest Region of Nepal with an impressive Read more
Humans have been exploring rivers, lakes and oceans since the Stone Age, and the crafts that our ancestors developed to navigate waterways reflect the specific needs of their local environments. The modern day canoe most likely originated about 8,000 years ago while the rubber river raft is believed to have been invented in the early Read more
The political, commercial and cultural hub of Nepal is the first stop for the majority of visitors to the country. Once a separate kingdom in itself, it contains three fabled cities – Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. Out of ten UNESCO World Heritage Sites, seven cultural heritage sites are in Kathmandu Valley. The history of the Read more
Chitwan National Park is one of the premier drawcards in Nepal, and there was little damage to areas visited by tourists in the 2015 earthquake. The World Heritage–listed reserve protects over 932 sq km of forests, marshland and rippling grassland, and is home to sizeable wildlife populations. It’s little wonder this place is so popular. Read more
THE GOOD Tibetans know it as Chomolungma and it’s Sagarmatha to the Nepalese. Exact translations are as elusive as a yeti and vary from “brow of the sky” to “goddess mother of the Earth” or simply “the mountain so high that no bird can fly over it”. The British took a less evocative approach and Read more
What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but Read more
