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Lowly owners exploit rare yaks

This is an interesting article. From what I can tell, Kufri is about 8200 ft. in altitude. Yaks in the United States tend to do well at much lower altitudes but there seems to be a temperature component as well. I have never heard of one dying from too low an altitude. Domestic yaks are [...]

Yak Cheese Signature Stuffers! Pizza Hut and KFC are coming to Kathmandu

Nepal is one of the last countries in the world without an international fast-food chain, but that is about to change. Varun Beverages, a Nepali Pepsi bottler (owned 70% by The RJ Group, an Indian conglomerate) plans to open a Pizza Hut in Kathmandu this fall. A KFC is expected to follow. (That said, a Nepali Times article from August 2008 reported that Pizza Hut was scheduled to open before the end of last year.)