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...activities: Horseback riding, night hike, rock climbing...
...rock? But for those willing to take the hour-long trek up 1,000-plus stone steps, the ancient Nabataeans have prepared a wondrous reward. The decorative fa?ade, carved into a solid chunk of yellow sandstone in the 3rd century B.C., rises 45 meters above the ground. If the hike through rock canyons and past stunning vistas is a little tortuous, a small, Bedouin-run caf? offering cold drinks and chairs awaits at the top. For those with extra energy and a taste for heights, it is possible to scramble up the back of the fa?ade to the stone roof...
...said that even after having been forced to evacuate the building, flee from the collapsing second tower and hike three hours to his home in the Bronx—on just his fourth day of high school—he is not scared to be going to school in Lower Manhattan...
DROP A LINE A half-hour's drive from the plantation town of Siddapura, plus a mile hike into the woods, is the Valanoor fishing camp on the Cauvery River. Valanoor is a picture-book angler's haven. The waters are home to the silvery Mahseer fish. Known as hard fighters when hooked on lures or flies, the Mahseer (meaning "big head" or "big mouth") is the king of Indian river game. Pay a small fee, and rent gear from the Coorg Wildlife Society for about $10. On most days, you'll have a stretch of river to yourself...
Chiran is a hike. Located on the southernmost tip of Japan, the tiny town lies hours from any major city and deep in a valley surrounded by a fortress of mountains. Yet on a mid-August national holiday, visitors throng its sleepy streets and pack its inns. They've come not for Chiran's green tea and purple yams, nor for its exquisitely preserved samurai estates?but to honor its kamikaze pilots...