The kitchen was out of sight, hidden around the corner, and customers poured water from an urn into a single, communal metal cup.

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Hidden deep in a remote corner of eastern Nepal, Kanchenjunga rises to 8, 586m and encompasses a conservation area and ecological hotspot the size of Mauritius.

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The noise and dirt of the cars whizzing past might be a little unbecoming, but the Colosseum is not a building to be hidden away in a quiet corner.

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