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When you Trek Nepal's Annapurna Circuit you get ... Bragging Rights and Beauty Rest When I told my boss about my holiday-trekking plans, he grimaced and proclaimed, "It's so dirty." When I informed my friends that I was going to spend 15 days hiking 300 kilometers around one of the Himalaya's most iconic mountain massifs, they told me I was "hard-core." They were all wrong: I discovered that hiking Nepal's Annapurna circuit is almost luxurious?and you can do it alone...
...Looping through lush, lowland villages, fragrant pine forests, the austere pastures of the Tibetan plateau and over one of the world's highest trekking passes, the Annapurna trail is dotted with charming teahouses and pretty stone hamlets, which means you will rarely walk for more than an hour before you find a place to pause for a cuppa or a rest room. And the plentiful lodges offer comfortable beds, hearty meals, a steady supply of chocolate bars and, most surprisingly, hot showers...
...obtained my trekking permit, hired a porter and arranged transport to the trailhead, which took six hours to reach. Once on the trail, I could hike at my own pace and choose where I wanted to sleep, which was usually the place with the best apple pie. The Annapurna circuit's nickname, in fact, is the "Apple Pie Trail," in homage to the local specialty and the easy trek...
...Annapurna K. Hill (Letters, Nov. 16) expresses her intention to make a financial contribution to "UHS's abortion fund." She reasons that this money is necessary to ensure that students make informed decisions regarding the continuation of their pregnancies. Unfortunately, her argument reverses the reality of the situation...
Most Harvard undergraduates tend to load their plates with demanding classes, activities and jobs, but second semester senior Annapurna K. Duleep's lastest extracurricular outdoes them all: marriage. Whether Duleep and husband Kevin Hill will find happiness with one foot in the Yard may be tied to the success of recently married couples...