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...also footing the bill, thanks to a nationwide voluntary contribution of two days' pay by the troops themselves, a move that raised more than 100 million rupees (almost $1.2 million). The military is also much more efficient. Lt. Col. Abbas points to the restoration of a historic hostel in Swat as an example: Civil contractors estimate it would cost 80 million rupees for the reconstruction. The army did it for 20 million rupees, of its own money...
...certainly sense their remoteness from the travails of a place like Langa, where overcrowding is appalling. The tour group is shown three families sharing a single bedroom in an old workers' hostel, and somehow achieving the impossible task of keeping it clean and tidy. "There is no privacy," Mtinini says, "but people don't die lonely here...
...historic 1905, tel: (977-1) 422 5272 - a venerable restaurant that has seen many a state function in its day (Queen Elizabeth II herself has dined there). If you've booked rooms at Hotel Yak and Yeti, tel: (977-1) 424 8999 - which despite its name is no backpacker hostel but a five-star hotel - then you're just a five-minute walk from home. (See 25 authentic Asian experiences...
Afterwards, my roommate and I went to Utila, an island off the coast of Honduras, to get our open-water dive certification. The island of Utila, known for its diving and nightlife, is frequented by dive junkies and backpackers from all over the world. At the dive hostel, we roomed with a cranberry farmer from Oregon, belted out Taylor Swift with a soldier who had just returned from Afghanistan, and strummed a guitar with a paratrooper in the Israeli army. It reminded me of my meals in Annenberg during the first few weeks of school, meeting my classmates and listening...
...Andes mountains, was found by a helicopter and rescued Monday evening, her mother said in an interview with The Crimson. "They're all a bit beaten up, dehydrated and exhausted," she said. "Jocey had some scrapes but nothing that required a hospital visit...she's back in the hostel...