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visionary encounters with departed loved ones
I was disappointed with Dr Moody's work in this book. I found that he was departing from his usual scientific approach and perspective to something more like a sci-fi description of events that may have been nothing at all to begin with. For readers interested in the topic, I would instead recommend Hello from Heaven.

Calling Forth Visions
This must be the third time that I've read this remarkable book since its first publication. Every time I've read it, I have been compelled to read it cover to cover as soon as possible. It is difficult to put down- for so much else that I might be occupied with seems trivial by comparison.
Surprisingly Informative!
I bought this book sight unseen, on the strength of one of Raymond Moody's previous books that I had read and loved, many years ago, Life After Life.I was hoping for more of the same, and was quite surprised to find that this book is not at all about reincarnation, but about mirror-gazing.This was not something I was initially interested in, but having liked his previous book so much, and having paid for thisbook, I decided to persevere.I'm glad I did.It was a very worthwhile read.
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Subjects:  1. New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit    2. New Age / Parapsychology    3. Parapsychology - General    4. Self-Help    5. Special Interest - Adventure    6. Spiritualism - General    7. Travel / Adventure   

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Another great book by Kevin Yee . . .
As someone who frequents Disneyland about forty plus times a year thanks to an annual pass, I thought I knew everything about Disneyland. This book gives valuable insight to little known facts. Sure, maybe they can be looked up on the Internet or are common knowledge to some, but it's nice to have it all in a nice, inexpensive little book. In fact, my wife and I have taken this book to Disneyland to verify some of the information. If you want a different slant on history, background and secrets of Disneyland, this is a good place to start.

Looking at Disneyland with New Eyes
This is one of those books you can just pick up and read for a few minutes when you have time.It is just packed with tons of interesting facts about Disneyland that you never even knew that you wanted to know---and after reading this book and learning these facts, you look at Disneyland with new eyes and go "Hmmm".

Its all right
This is a very nice Disneyland book. I enjoyed it very much but most of the facts I eather already knew or could find online no prob. This is a very quick read I read it in about 30 or so mins. I think it would be a big let down for any Dinsey pros that spend all there free time in disney chat rooms (me) or looking up facts (even more me) or on Disney Forms (me again) will not have as much of a good time with this book. But it is a very good read I would have thought it was very, very, very cool if I didnt know the facts already so all in all it was a good book for a good price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Special Interest - Family    2. Travel    3. United States - General    4. United States - West - General   

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Great information to help you start planning
My sister and I are planning a trip to Southern Africa in the Spring...although we had both been to South Africa before we did not really know where to start with planning a 'safari' outside of SA...This book was a perfect overview of the different countries, the game you can plan to see, the tourist and weather seasons, and the differences between different types of safaris...we supplemented the information in this book with other sources...but this was a GREAT place to start off...get a good comfort level with the options in Africa...I would definitely reccommend!

A$10 rip off
Slim ,is not the word for this small 190 page "pocket book".
Worth the wait!
I must say how surprised I was at the number of useful tips in this book. It was worth the wait of the delayed release. I'm planning my first trip to East Africa, and the authors brought up topics that had not occurred to me in my months of research. For instance, it includes straight forward talk about situations which may induce motion sickness and how to lessen the effect, and how to make the best use of your guide. It also offers an understanding of the guide's view of tourists. It includes broad advice about sub-saharan African culture that may help smooth the journey even further. Short, but to the point, it was about a four hour read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Africa    2. Special Interest - Adventure    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Travel & holiday guides    6. Travel / Adventure   

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Pretty good
For someone who is considering cruising in a Cat with a female spouse, you should read this... The wife does seem "whiney" but my wife also read the book and said she could relate to "her feelings.".... So it may help you know what to expect in such an experience.

Sailing Promise
I really enjoyed this book.I am fearful of water and I found Alaynes determination very inspiring.Not only did she have to deal with her fear of the unknown, but her husband was no help when her fears were at their worst! Great Wanderlust... Just Leave Home Without the Author
I thought that the author did a good job of putting us all in the cockpit as they sail the world. However, while this book may recieve 5 stars from husband/wife teams who love to hear endless stories about the ups and downs that sailing can have on a relationship and on a persons mental health, for me it was more of a soap opera than a sailing book. While the mental aspects of both crew and captain should be heavily discussed in such a book, this one lacked any shread of detail about (1. the different cultures visited, 2. SAILING THE WORLD IN A CATAMARAN) My main objective was to hear about the plausibility of sailing the world in a Cat.. To be honest, I would have tossed the author overboard within the first 2 months of the trip. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Essays & Travelogues    2. Family & Relationships / Interpersonal Relations    3. Sailing - Narratives    4. Special Interest - Adventure    5. Sports & Recreation    6. Sports & Recreation / Sailing    7. Travel    8. 1964-    9. Catamarans    10. Interpersonal Relations    11. Love / Sex / Marriage    12. Main, Alayne,    13. Main, Alec    14. Sailing    15. Voyages around the world   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Great Britain - General    2. Europe - Gt. Britain/London    3. Maps & Road Atlases    4. Non-Classifiable    5. Nonfiction    6. Nonfiction - General    7. Travel    8. Travel - Foreign    9. London, Greater London    10. Travel & holiday guides    11. Travel / Europe / Great Britain    12. Walking, hiking, trekking   

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very handy indeed
I am an avid biker (http://www.sujee.net/outdoors/biking/) and this book has found a permanant place in my camel-back!I have read/bought my share of biking books in Northern california.But I liked this one better b/cRead more

Subjects:  1. Cycling - General    2. Travel    3. Travel - United States    4. United States - West - Pacific (General)    5. California    6. Cycling    7. Mountain / off-road cycling    8. North Carolina    9. Travel & holiday guides   

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Do's and Taboos Around the World for Women in Business
Interesting for young very unexperienced women.

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"Do's and Taboos Around the World for Women in Business" is a highly interesting book, and one that is likely to prove useful for women who need to travel abroad for business reasons. Moreover, it is quite engaging, due to the fact that the authors combine practical advice with funny anecdotes about women working in international business.
Do's and Taboo's
I thought that this book while touching on many areas of do's and taboos was very basic in it's approach...perhaps even juvenile or youngsterish...While I was looking for actual do's and don't this book often offered situational issues...rarely stating DON"TS and offering multiple choices instead of stating the real Do's in many cases. Good for young adults and young persons going into new countries. Older people probably want a guide that states the facts like: In this country..cover your head in public at all times..instead of choice 1-go buy a head scarf.....2 tear a part off your dress and make one ...3 go scarfless...4 scream loudly I'm an American and don't need it.
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Subjects:  1. Americans    2. Business & Economics    3. Business Etiquette    4. Business travel    5. Business/Economics    6. Businesswomen    7. Exports & Imports    8. Guidebooks    9. Reference - Guides (General)    10. Travel - General    11. Women & Business    12. Computers / Business Software / General    13. International business    14. Women's studies   

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Finally, a dive book that doesn't "rough it"
Fantastic guidebook for those of us who don't mind paying a little extra for service and comfort.Unlike other books that concentrate on single or regional locations, Tim Simond has spent 2 years seeking out not only the best dive sites, but the best lodging and operators at those locations. Forget about trying to decide where to go on your next dive trip, just randomly open the book, and go!!! Tim has done all of the hard work for you.
Beautiful, Easily-Readable Book That Makes You Want To GO Diving NOW!
In the introduction, Simond stresses that Dive in Style is not a book about dedicated "dive hotels." Rather, it's a book about "wonderful resorts" for families...that cater to divers as well as tennis players, hikers, beach-lovers, etc. That said, however, each of the resorts Simond visits has a dedicated dive shop either on the premises or adjacent to the property. Moreover, four of the destinations he details are liveaboards. Ultimately, despite his protests, it's a book about destinations that may not cater exclusively to divers, but who consider divers among their top priorities.
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Subjects:  1. Scuba & Snorkeling    2. Special Interest - Adventure    3. Special Interest - General    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Travel    6. TRAVEL & HOLIDAY    7. Travel / General   

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Almost great
Pelton has ventrued far and wide, to a self-reported selection of more than one hundred countries. Surely, in such extensive journeys he should be able to present new stories when he publishes new books. I bought this book looking not only for an autobiography, which was slow and repetitive about childhood and shallow beyond that, but for more adventures. When I realized that some of the longest stories in the Adventurist were stories that I had already read in World's Most Dangerous Places it disappointed me. Also, the book attempts to be artistic and creative by bouncing between stories much like The Things They Carried, but this fails in that sense. Here it is just slightly annoying and fairly useless. It could have been used well as a juxtaposition between similar phases of his life, but it didnt work as it should. The book is good, just dont expect too much.

One of the most exciting books I've read
A real page turner. I love the way the stories are organized. The chapters don't seem connected but as the book progresses his autobiography unfolds. Some people find it annoying, but I found it intriguing.

Pelton Rocks!
This is one of my favourite books to reread, Mr. Pelton hits the nail on the head for adventure thirsty readers.The book offers insight on what it takes to travel, write, research and live the life of a true adventurist! I would also have to say, Mr. Pelton is a true romantic when it comes to his writting prose.If you have the slightest thirst for adventure and travel, then BUY THIS BOOK! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th Century Description And Travel    2. Adventure    3. Anecdotes    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Essays & Travelogues    6. Pelton, Robert Young    7. Special Interest - Adventure    8. Travel    9. Travelers    10. Biography & Autobiography / General   

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High performance relationships - the key to Southwests success
The book is about how although Leadership, culture, strategy and co-ordination have been critical for SW's amazing performance uptill now the hidden factor is the high performance relationships that permeate the organisation. One person working in isolation does not deliver customer satisfaction. Only a group of people working as a single unit with no friction, hidden agendas or dysfucntional incentives can do that. Above all a group of people with outstanding relationships.
Good Material!
When Gittell wrote the book, Southwest Airlines had thirty-one consecutive years of profit, and its market value was greater than that of all other major airlines - combined!(Since then its profitability has continued.)The "easy" explanation - its workers are non-unionized - though widely believed, is not true.Gittell provides data showing Southwest to be as/more unionized as any other American airline.(In some cases, however, they have been paid less than other airlines.)
More hearsay than fact.
The Southwest Airlines Way offers little applicable business process knowledge.Instead the author provides a steady diet of amibiguities and generic case studies.Drucker this is not.I was particularly interested in the relationship between unions and Southwest management.What I expected was a discussion on the management side of the economic value added of union involvement and on the rank-and-file side a discussion of the reasons unions were needed in lieu of employee empowerment programs.What you get is "we're all in this together".I recommend this only for those readers who know little about the airline's history and seek a basic primer.Buy it used. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Air Transportation    2. Airlines    3. Aviation - General    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporate & Business History - General    7. General    8. History Of Specific Companies    9. Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism    10. Leadership    11. Management    12. Southwest Airlines Co    13. Southwest Airlines Co.    14. Transportation    15. United States    16. Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management    17. Management & management techniques   

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Sidebar Information Erroneous/Out of Date
As the author of "The Complete Guide to Easter Island" (Easter Island Foundation, 2004), I recently read with keen interest the sidebar "The Incas and Easter Island" in the 2005 edition of "The Inca Trail" (p.97) and thought readers would find it helpful to know that the information in the sidebar is significantly out of date. In one case, it is completely erroneous.
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Subjects:  1. Hiking    2. South America    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Peru    6. Travel & holiday guides    7. Travel / South America    8. Walking, hiking, trekking   

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GREAT for the parks it covers, but doesn't cover enough
I found the information in this book much more useful than any other travel guide I have purchased. The lodging information for Yellowstone, for example, describes the state of specific room types at each location!
Excellent
I really like this book.While it is supposedly geared for kids, Ithink it's very useful for finding interesting things to do at National Parks for everybody.I don't know why I didn't know this - but when I looked at the table of contents I realized just how few National Parks there are in the East. One side effect of reading this book is that it's made me realize what a precious resource these National Parks are to all of us, and it makes me wonder why there aren't more of them. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Parks    2. Parks & Campgrounds    3. Special Interest - Family    4. Travel    5. Travel - United States    6. Travel Guides - U.S.    7. United States - General    8. TRAVEL & HOLIDAY    9. Travel / Parks & Campgrounds    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. Caribbean & West Indies    2. Scuba & Snorkeling    3. Special Interest - Adventure    4. Swimming And Diving    5. Travel    6. Travel - Foreign    7. Travel Guides    8. Caribbean islands    9. Travel & holiday guides   

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Great book...
This was a good, easy read. A little frustrating for this more experienced pilot, but for lesser-experienced pilots, and especially women pilots, you will really enjoy it.
Moving story, beautiful images
There are a lot of things wrong with this book, as noted by other reviewers, including:
Fascinating!
This book is not only extremely entertaining but also a great collection of beautiful color photographs of different spots "South of the border...WAY South."Read more

Subjects:  1. Air travel    2. Central America    3. Cessna aircraft    4. Description and travel    5. Essays & Travelogues    6. Latin America    7. Piloting    8. South America    9. Special Interest - Adventure    10. Travel    11. Travel - General    12. Travel writing   

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Amazing.
After hearing about Yossi Ghinsberg on the Discovery Channel's show "I Shouldn't Be Alive" I had to pick up his book and get the details. I was enthralled from the first page. As astonishing as Mr. Ghinsburg's experiences are - and believe me, there were many times I felt like he wasn't going to make it, even though I knew he had lived to write the book - what truly stands out in my memory is the way the writing took me into the jungle with him. His storytelling is rich with descriptions and details. It left me feeling triumphant, as though I had been rescued with him, and incredibly grateful for all of the blessings and comforts in my life.

Unbelievable
I had the privilege of meeting Yossi at an international event that I had attended and it touched me to meet him in person after such a harrowing experience.He has definitely humbled and has become more spiritual and I guess thats what becomes of people who go through such unbelievable and miraculous escapes in life.
Suspenseful, but lacking.
I sat down and read this book in an almost entirely uninterrupted 6 hour sitting.That's how thrilling it was.It is an amazing story.However, my only critique is that it felt all for nothing by the end.Yossi spoke only of the survival, but nothing of the questions provoked throughout his journey.The reader is forced to question and experience some hard things: the nature of man, the nature of the jungle, why or how mother nature manipulates the mind, the body and then swallows it or spits it out.The very nature of survival is constantly at bat.I found his experiences incredibly difficult to face even in the comforts of my bedroom, and relished the opportunity to explore these tough questions with him - someone who looked at them in the eye in the darkness of a barbaric existence.But I felt almost that he had led me to that place and then left me at a dead end.It's not that Yossi does not necessarily have some answers, or at least has not attempted to answer some of those hard realities.If you look at his website, it seems as if he has come to many conclusions and at least adopted a variety of "slogans" for them.In spite of this, I was disappointed that the book left me hanging there.There were various opportunities to discuss the nature of his predicament, but in the end, I did not learn from it.Except perhaps never to go into the Amazon with a man named Karl.
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Bolivia    5. Description and travel    6. General    7. Ghinsberg, Yossi    8. Outdoor Skills    9. Special Interest - Adventure    10. Sports & Recreation    11. Sports - General    12. Travel    13. Tuichi River (Bolivia)   

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Scholarly, lively, and fun
It looks big, scholarly, and intimidating.It is big, scholarly, lively, fascinating, and fun.(I had it on the shelf for several years, afraid to bring it down because it was so thick.But once I started reading it -- short chapters, lively prose, cogent discussions -- I wished it were longer because I didn't want it to end.)Although obstensibly a history of trail-building in America's northeast, it is just as much a story of humanity's relation with the environment -- and in this role it is far more trenchant and closely reasoned than Simon Schama's "Landscape and Memory".When I started, I thought I would like only those chapters about mountain regions where I had already hiked, but in fact I found the chapters on regions I hadn't yet hiked to be even more fascinating.

Simply the best book on Hiking in New England!
A friend turned me on to this book.I had passed on it a few times due in part to it's huge size.However I found that it was everything I ever wanted to know about the mountains and forests of New England.It's written in a very accesible manner that never leaves the reader without a smile for long.It's very obvious that the text contained in this book was researched with an artists attention to detail.And it shows in the nearly 200 pages of appendix! Forest &Crag
This book is a great indepth look at mountainiering in the northeastern United States.It has to be the most complete history of the northeast mountains. It starts back when Darby Fields and many others started toexplore the area, and runs through the nineteen eighties. Laura and GuyWaterman researched for ten years in order to put this book together.Theyare both acomplished writers and have a way of making a history excitingand humorous.It is a great tribute to the early settlers of the area andhow hearty they were.I recomend this book to anyone who has done somehiking in the northeastern United States or are just interested in thehistory of the land.This is a must buy for all serious northeasternmountainiers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Hiking    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. United States - Northeast - General    5. Sports & Recreation / Hiking   

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As important as Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"
This book has been a walk in the park. Almost literally.Needing nothing more technological than sunlight and, for some of us, a pair of spectacles, reading "Return to Wild America" is the closest thing to "being there."Mr. Weidensaul's prose carries us over the rivers and through the woods.His descriptions allow us to see, hear, feel and occasionally smell the magnificence of nature. It is a wonderful and elating trip.For birders, I am sure that there is the added bonus of familiarity with the beautiful birds that I have just met.
A Reprise of a Famous Naturalists' Journey
I read Peterson's and Fisher's "Wild America" in 1955 when it first was published.My father belonged to a book club and this book was the primary selection one month. It was an enchanting read and it strengthened my interest in all of the biota of North America, although I eventually became a professional biologist specializing in invertebrates.
You Just Have to Know Where to Look
Scott Weidensaul deserves recognition as one of the best naturalist writers working today. Here, Weidensaul follows in the cross-continental footsteps of Roger Peterson (the bird guide guy) and James Fisher, who in the early 1950s wrote about their bird watching journey across North America and created the environmentalist classic "Wild America." Weidensaul is also a bird fanatic, reporting on the astonishing variety of avifauna he encountered while tracing the footsteps of Peterson and Fisher, but he also imparts great amounts of knowledge on all other forms of wildlife as well as larger issues of ecosystem health. Weidensaul certainly finds that many of the natural areas visited by Peterson and Fisher fifty years previously are in worse shape nowadays, with encroaching development and pollution, and great decreases in plant and animal populations. The most distressing example here is the continuing ecological disaster taking place in the Florida Everglades, while the state of nature in several of the other areas covered is barely heartening.
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Subjects:  1. 1908-1996    2. Ecology    3. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    4. Essays    5. History    6. History Of Science    7. Life Sciences - Ecology    8. Natural history    9. Nature    10. Nature/Ecology    11. North America    12. Peterson, Roger Tory,    13. Science    14. Science/Mathematics    15. Travel    16. Weidensaul, Scott   

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Excellent Guide, but Politicized and Ethnocentric.
Lonely Planet, probably has the most up-to-date, comprehensive, practical guide for Panama, currently available. Would I recommend it? Absolutely! Unfortunately, Lonely Planet, failed to edit the author's crude, narrow-minded, self-righteous, self-serving commentary. The author also glosses over or totaly ignores pertinent information. Personal politics and self-aggrandizement have little, if any place in a travel guide, and when it exists in such a publication, it suggests a lack of empathy for, and or understanding of, other people and their cultures. The shortcomings of Lonely Planet's guide, noted above, mar an otherwise excellent publication. For the typical "Ugly American" wanting to "Do" Panama, the Lonely Planet guide should prove more than adaquate. If on the other hand, you are an open-minded traveler capable of independent thought, you might consider, also obtaining, "Getting to know PANAMA" by Michele Labrut, a former press attache to the French Embassy in Panama. Written with class, mature intelligence and a sense of respect for Panama and it's People, "Getting to know PANAMA", not only fills the gaps in the previous guide, it is also an excellent travel guide in it's own right and an outstanding source for unbiased information.

Tourism or Colonialism
Having traveled for 3 months in Panama, I found the guide to contain many opinions and to be extremely judgemental.It is actually offensive in some parts with it's colonial nature.Also very ego heavy.The author believes his opinions to be golden. Helpful Guidebook but Not a Bible
As the owner of afirst and only backpackers hostel in David City,Panama (The Purple House) .... I see many people carrying this useful book around and it seems to be a great help to many. My only complaints about the book (not the writers' fault) is that 1) we are not in it yet because we weren't open at the time of his research.2) the city of David is not made to sound attractive as a place to visit. There are lots of things to do here that aren�t listed.Of course, that too is Not the writers fault, he can't possibly visit everything the way a person like me can.I have lived here for more than 3 years so I have been able to collect alot of information over that time.Read more

Subjects:  1. Central America    2. Special Interest - Adventure    3. Travel    4. Travel - United States    5. Panama    6. Travel & holiday guides   

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Self absorbed author
For the most part this book is decent.It is made better by the fact that it is almost impossible to get lost on the Everest or Gokyo treks.The author is in love with himself and spends lots of time describing things that have nothing to do with you finding the trail.The maps are hand written and not to scale. If it weren't obvious you might get lost.Unfortunately books like lonely planet focus on all of the Nepal treks and therefore are not as in depth.

Excellent guide for the Everest trek
I would agree with all previous reviews that this book is a must-have for all trekkers heading to the Everest region.I used it myself quite extensively on my trek there in May 2001, and it was most useful.The only thing I can add is that not only does it have very detailed maps and practical advice for the trekker, but it is also very compact and leightweight, which is very important if you are going to heights of more than 5,000m!The books' binding is sturdy and paper quite thick, which is good for backpacking (it will not fall apart after a week of trekking).I think this book is the best buy.

Definitively the best book to have on an Everest Trek
Before my trip to Nepal I ended up purchasing almost every english book on Nepal I could find.The Bezruchka book is definitely the bible on Nepal but is very large and doesn't have specifics about the Everest region.This book by Jamie Mc Guinness is very up-to-date and has great trail and village maps which are very accurate.There are suggested itineraries which are very nice but the format is easy to follow on the trail in case you decide to go on your own route.The suggested day hikes for acclimitisation days were very good too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Asia - General    2. Asia - India    3. Mountaineering    4. Special Interest - Adventure    5. Travel    6. Travel - Foreign    7. ASIA    8. Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering    9. TRAVEL & HOLIDAY