[h3]Machu Picchu is in Nepal, says Royal Nepal Airlines [/h3] Royal Nepal Airlines recently printed a promotional poster with the slogan "Have you seen Nepal?" and a photo of the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. The problem, of course, is that Machu Picchu is on the other side of the world in Peru. From Reuters: [blockquote]Peruvian mountaineer Ernesto Malaga, who was visiting India last month, noticed the blunder on a poster hanging on a wall in the airline's office in New Delhi. Peruvian authorities requested explanations from the airline via the embassy.
"The airline ... offered apologies to Peru for using the picture of the Machu Picchu Sanctuary on a poster to promote their country and assured that the lamentable error has been corrected," the statement said.
"As a consequence, the Nepalese airline fired an employee in the rank of a manager ... It is concluded that it was an isolated error," it added.[/blockquote] [a href="vny!://today.reuters.com/news/ArticleNews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2007-01-11T170018Z_01_N10311303_RTRUKOC_0_US-PERU-NEPAL-BLUNDER.xml"]Link[/a]
