Adventure of Everest begins at tiny Nepal airstrip
LUKLA, Nepal (AP) -- As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause. They do that for nearly every safe landing at the often terrifying airport at the gateway to Mount Everest....
Music composed for NH's grand hotels revived
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- More than a century after guests at the Crawford House awoke to the "Breakfast Bell Polka," Plymouth State University is reviving some of the long-lost music composed specifically to entertain guests at New Hampshire's grand hotels and keep them coming back for more....
