Nepal is considering a ban on tourists trekking alone in the Himalayas, officials said Wednesday, after several women foreign visitors were attacked or have disappeared. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Nepalese police Tuesday launched a murder investigation after the body of a Belgian woman was found decapitated in a popular trekking spot in the Himalayas. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO – Google's doing a full sweep of its Maps products, looking to improve the experience for its 1 billion monthly active users. At a press event at its downtown San Francisco offices, the company showed a number of new mapping features,... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A pair of shoes belonging to French trekker Hugo Lechevallier is seen at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu September 17, 2011. The 22-year-old Frenchman, who went missing three weeks ago, had left his hotel in Jiri, 184 ... [Full Article]
(AFP/HO/Robin Boustead/File) - In this handout picture released by Robin Boustead, a trekker is seen posing for a photo above Phoksumdo Lake in western Nepal. It is being billed as the ultimate trek, a thigh-busting 157-day walk over the spine of Nep... [Full Article]
(AP) - Trekkers walk in the backdrop of the 8,850-meter Mount Everest, white peak seen left, at Syangboche, a town 3,900 meters above sea level, in Nepal, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. A group of Nepalese ministers reached the Mount Everest region Thursday... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Soldiers carry the body of a trekker who drowned, in Capas town, Tarlac province in this August 7, 2009 video grab. Three French tourists and a Filipino guide who had gone on a trek to Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines drowned on their wa... [Full Article]