To try and re-establish the relationship, he takes them on a journey to the remote northern lakes, forests and islands.

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Nepal is also famous for its multiday trips, such as a 12-day journey into the wilderness along the remote Karnali River.

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But what has not been clear before is whether the common ancestor was, like the sea cow, aquatic and therefore whether elephants have undergone a tortuous evolutionary journey from water to land (when their remote ancestors changed from fish to amphibians) then back to water again, before finally returning to the land.

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The journey for what eventually becomes a finished product often begins in some of the most remote places on the planet where the materials used for jewelry are mined from the earth.

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