Word: m-high
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Lombok never lost out to Bali because of a lack of attractions. Pristine beaches ring the island and many, particularly in the southeast, remain untouched. Snorkeling, diving and surfing can be world-class, and new sites are being discovered all the time. Climbing the active 3,726-m-high volcano Rinjani (see Detour) offers some of the more spectacular and secluded hiking in the whole of Southeast Asia. Even those who want little more than a spot to sunbathe should take time to explore central Lombok and the lush rice terraces contouring the fertile lower crater slopes...
...drop in visitor arrivals has made some touts adopt a creative hard sell. On a straightforward path to the spectacular 50-m-high waterfall north of Tetebatu, Hasan Udin stops us and explains we have to take a guide. Not because we are likely to get lost or even because he has something to teach us about the surrounding forest. Try to think of it as a marriage, he says. "Sometimes you have a wife and she is no good so you have to get a new one," says Hasan, who, at 25, has just wed his fourth...
...unannounced arrival of four Western hikers?three women and me en route to the 4,700-m-high Buran Pass?on such an auspicious day ensured we were soon installed as guests of honor at the competition. Seven teams from across the mountains would try to best each other on what was probably the world's highest and most dysfunctional cricket pitch. In the center of one terrace was a clay wicket. The marijuana meadow formed one boundary. The terraces below were another: fielders stationed there couldn't see the play and had to be alerted by spectators...
...every right to feel superior. Any old dilettante could see that they played better, with more control, even though this dilettante couldn't find excuse enough to use such sportswriterly terms as teutonic wedge and the like. (Had the gents from 3,660-m-high La Paz triumphed, I had worked up a sportsy, turgid sentence along the lines of "driven by the lungs of mighty Wurlitzers...