Cooling down in the lake, and then watching the sun setting over the dunes while soaking in a hot spring is a surreal experience.

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Once over the top of a high dune, you come to a hot spring, the size of a large jacuzzi, where sulphurous water bubbles in a pool and runs off to irrigate a garden.

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In traditional geothermal energy, engineers drill near a geyser, hot spring or volcano, stick a valve and turbine on the hot water, and that's pretty much it.

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Three Ukrainians were swept to death by the unusual flood last year when they were at a hot water spring along the Seti river some 20 kilometres north of Pokhara.

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Then I take a last soak in the hot spring tub on my deck (every room has one) and listen to the cicadas buzzing through the pine trees.

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This indoor facility also includes a variety of smaller pools and jacuzzis with hot spring water.

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You could find yourself dining on wild garlic with Welsh rarebit (toasted bread with a hot cheese sauce) or wild leaves with spring lamb.

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There was a brisk spring cleaning of royal finances, with the appointment of a hot shot City accountant, Michael Peat.

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General Admission tickets for the infield have always been the easiest and cheapest way to go, but it can be really hot, really sunny, really crowded and somewhat unpleasant unless you love a Spring Break atmosphere.

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