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A visit to the internationally-famed Ethnographic Museum is like a journey that enables you to explore the art, ingenuity and wisdom of the peoples of the earth, or, in other words, the riches of the most diverse cultures.

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Once the residence of Maharaja of Tehri-Garhwal, Ananda is undoubtedly one of the best hotels in India and ranked in the Top 10 spa hotels of the world. The calming integration of lush greenery, fresh mountain air, Himalayan spring water, the luxurious therapy rooms overlooking the holy River Ganges and the mystifying Himalayas, together with unbeatable spa facilities provides the ideal environment for rejuvenation of the body, mind and soul. It is, however, not only for those who want to spend time doing little but being pampered – it is also the perfect base from which to go walking, bird watching, star-gazing, rafting, fishing or game viewing.
The 21,000 square foot spa offers an extensive menu of over 79 body and beauty treatments, integrating the traditional Indian systems of Ayurveda with the more contemporary Western spa approach. The spa experience strives to achieve the ultimate harmony between the physical and the mental realms of the individual.

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Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts celebrated the opening of its 50th hotel — the Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou. More than 400 VIP guests gathered to commemorate the landmark occasion. The hotel is located adjacent to the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre,China. The 704-room hotel offers the largest guestrooms in the city with a minimum size of 452 square feet and up to 3,283 square feet for suites. At 36 floors it is Guangzhou’s tallest property.The hotel combines spectacular views of the Pearl River with elegant landscaped gardens, providing an urban oasis for guests’ comfort and pleasure while being the new event and dining destination of Guangzhou. With our 8 restaurants and bars, 2 ballrooms and 8 function rooms, we are able to cater to events of any scale.

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Ice climbing is the recreational activity of climbing ice formations such as icefalls, and frozen waterfalls. (Dry-tooling is climbing rock using the tools for ice climbing.) Depending on the slope and texture of the ice, different equipment and techniques can be employed by the climber. For example, on flat ice, almost any good hiking or mountaineering boot will usually suffice. On short, low angled slopes, one can use an ice axe to chop steps.
The first known ice climbing competition was organized in Courmayeur on the Brenva glacier in the year 1912. Maybe later there were some more events around the world and if somebody knows of any pls. send me mail about it.

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Do you mention to visit Nepal? If yes you will be probably satisfied to learn some brief information about the top 20 rated tourist attractions there. Here i have gathered a list with some info about them.

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Mount Everest is so famous for being so high that you’ve probably heard of it before. It has been known the world over since the early 1950s when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay first climbed to its awesome summit. Hillary surveyed Everest at the time and determined that it was 29,000 ft/8840m high – a figure amazingly close to the current reading of 29,035 ft/8850m, which was confirmed using radar and global positioning satellite (GPS) technology.Using state-of-the-art technology Professor Brad Washburn of the Boston Museum of Science, the world’s foremost mountain cartographer, and his team have calculated that earth’s highest elevation is actually 7 feet higher than the previous record. That makes the official height 29,035 ft/8850m.

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