Word: plateauing
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...Occupying the 11th-floor podium is its new "hotel within a hotel," Plateau, tel: (852) 2584 7688. This self-contained pleasure zone offers 23 spiffy guest rooms in modern minimalist style (futons, infinity-edge baths, floor cushions) plus a spa, lavish pool area and alfresco dining. If the overall look seems vaguely reminiscent of the big screen, that's because it was created by architect John Morford, who helped in the design of the Park Hyatt Tokyo?the setting for Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation...
...Plateau's spa treatments are overseen by onetime choreographer and fitness expert Odile de Vars, who had a hand in the spas at the Four Seasons George V Hotel in Paris and the fabulous Grand Hotel du Palais in Biarritz. You'll find everything from hot-stone treatments to Vichy showers on the menu?but if that all seems a bit bracing, repair to the poolside Grill, where designer barbecue and long tall drinks await. Rooms from about $330 a night, plus...
...bigger than Europe's current No. 1, Norway's Hardangervidda. Sigfússon, who's also a geologist, is convinced the dam project is environmentally unsound. Pointing to the planned relocation of a glacial waterfall and the damming of sediment-carrying glacial rivers, he warns that "a huge plateau of silt" will eventually form around the large dam that, together with dust from normal soil erosion, could be blown into storms by the heavy winds that sweep Iceland. These dust storms, in turn, could damage the vegetation that the reindeer depend on for survival. "We are concerned about early summer...
...Some 433 km of nature-defying tarmac, the Kargil road twists through some of the most barrenly beautiful landscapes in Asia, starting at Srinagar in Kashmir and ending three Himalayan passes later on the edge of the Tibetan plateau at Leh in Ladakh. Halfway along, it brushes the disputed border between India and Pakistan, where a small but savage war was fought in 1999, virtually closing the road to all but the very foolish or the very brave. Since last year's cease-fire, however, one of the great road journeys in the world is again attracting tourists...
...Dordogne takes its name from the largest of three rivers that cross the region. Get an overview of the river basin from the village of Domme, improbably perched a few hundred meters up on a large limestone plateau; the pay-per-view telescopes there will keep the kids intrigued. Lower down at La Roque Gageac-a compact village at the foot of the sheer cliff face-you'll find medieval ramparts and natural caves that will wow budding geologists...