1. The best local tip as per the guide is ‘Handling Your Yak’ and it informs that in the hill resort of Manali, Tibetan Peter Dorj runs an operation dedicated to the most implausible extreme sport in the world÷ Yak Skiing.

2. New Delhi, June 27÷ The nail–biting finishes of India–Pakistan cricket matches, the world’s most prolific film industry, Bollywood, and the extremely unusual extreme sport of Yak Skiing, that you can find only in Manali, figure among Time magazine’s ‘Best of Asia’. Providing the ‘Best of Asia’ in its current issue, the magazine’s correspondents posted in various Asian cities rate India vs Pakistan matches as the best sporting event. «As well as sharing qualities common to the region’s other great sports meets –– virtuoso displays of talent, nail–biting finishes, mass outpourings of national pride –– a cricket match between India and Pakistan has the added plus of making a nuclear war in Asia significantly less likely,» notes the special report. «India has the military edge; the Pakistani tend to be stronger on the pitch,» is the parting thought on the Indo–Pak cricket duels.