There was a mild breeze and just enough nip in the mountain air to render the sunshine welcome and not overwhelming.

FORBES: Weekend in the Country

Walk along pastoral paths, vivid green rice paddies, past bright white dzongs (massive, awe-inspiring fortress monasteries), through forests of pine, and rhododendron and along glorious mountain passes where the elusive poppies nod in the breeze.

FORBES: Connect

On a perfect spring day, with just a hint of a breeze, conditions are ideal to jump off a mountain, on the outskirts of one of Iraq's most dangerous cities, Mosul.

BBC: Paragliding in Mosul, a way to shake off recent past