Nepal

"Blind" eatery lights way for visually impaired

A line of diners, holding on to the shoulders of the person in front of them, enters the pitch dark hall at Nepal's first blind restaurant.

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Dubai aims for unusual with undersea hotel

The indebted shipbuilding arm of Dubai World, the conglomerate that triggered Dubai's debt crisis four years ago, signed a deal to develop undersea hotels with a Swiss firm.
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Rich go full steam ahead with superyachts

The newly wealthy in Asia think nothing of spending big money on a big boat for prestige and fun but the region's nascent yachting class may have trouble finding a berth in overcrowded marinas.
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Turkish tourism feels ripples of Arab Spring

Thirteen months of unrest in Syria have hurt tourism in neighbouring Turkey.
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Crossing the street a challenge in Vietnam

Crossing the street in Hanoi, Vietnam is like being stuck in the video game Frogger.
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Climbers aim to replicate 1963 Everest hike

A flood of U.S. climbers is taking aim at Mount Everest this year as the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. conquest of the famous peak nears, with one team set to try and replicate the historic ascent along a difficult and rarely used route.
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