A delay gave him time to take a fourteen-day hiking trip in the Himalayas.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

It would be weeks before he could catch another flight home, but the delay gave him time to hike the Annapurna Circuit, a 14-day trek through the Himalayas.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

The reported advances near the Afghan border come a day after army officials took journalists into the region for the first time since the operation started in mid-October.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

"Now we have what we would call rush hour conditions or peak travel conditions for as much as eight hours during the day - about three to four hours in the morning and similar time in the evening."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

And we'll have to see how this unfolds." Clinton declined to say whether the Obama administration will formally recognize Mr.Ahmadinejad's re-election, saying U.S.officials are going to "take this a day at a time" and carefully assess what happens.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

The crowds of Christian pilgrims are especially large because for the first time in years, the Eastern Orthodox and Western Churches are marking Easter - the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus - at the same time.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01