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Background: In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist insurgency, launched in 1996, has gained traction and is threatening to bring down the regime, especially after a negotiated cease-fire between the Maoists and government forces broke down in August 2003. In 2001, the crown prince massacred ten members of the royal family, including the king and queen, and then took his own life. In October 2002, the new king dismissed the prime minister and his cabinet for "incompetence" after they dissolved the parliament and were subsequently unable to hold elections because of the ongoing insurgency. While stopping short of reestablishing parliament, the king in June 2004 reinstated the most recently elected prime minister who formed a four-party coalition government, which the king subsequently tasked with paving the way for elections to be held in spring of 2005. Citing dissatisfaction with the government's lack of progress in addressing the Maoist insurgency, the king in February 2005 dissolved the government and assumed power.




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By Allyca
January 4th 2010
Kathmandu 2: Boudanath Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu
The great stupa at Boudhanath is really something...It is one of the world's largest stupas as well as probably being the most important outside Tibet ,and despite it being clearly a very sacred religious site, the square and buildings around the stupa had quite a 'European" look, which all added to the womderful mixture and beautiful mixture of sights and sounds. There were many many monks walking around - one we met had gone the wrong way and when he realised it broke into the most luminous smile I have seen for a very long time - it totally transformed his [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 5th 2010 | 11 Views | [diary=464746]

Boudhanath Scene 2
Boudhanath Scene 3
Boudhanath Scene 4

By alannagazelle
December 8th 2009
On to India Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamel
Well Im off to India today! 17 hours on a night bus with a strike scheduled for morning. We might end up walking the last leg! What have I been up to the last week you ask? Well the answer is being sick. I seems that getting lost in bamboo forests was a bit too much for my body to handle. So I took myself to Pokhara to recover. A really beautiful place, where I could sit by the lake at lovely cafe and drink tea and read my book. It is a great place to recover. Sid and Serena came [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 8th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=459010]


By zephyrbc
December 7th 2009
Kathmandu Part 2 Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu
Our grand plans for our third day in Kathmandu were slightly interrupted by a nationwide strike ordered by the Maoists as protest against the governments ‘excessive use of force’. Basically there were about 15,000 people squatting illegally in a forest so the government sent the police in to clear them out. Only the squatters didn’t like this so much so they grabbed their knives and sticks and retaliated so the police used some more force and ended up killing 4 of the squatters. So the Maoists declared a strike. Our taxi driver from the previous day had warned us about th [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 9th 2009 | 68 Views | [diary=459296]

View from our rooftop
View from rooftop
Empty streets

By zephyrbc
December 5th 2009
Kathmandu Part 1 Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu
The trip from Delhi to Kathmandu began with another rude awakening, this time at the ungodly hour of 4.30am. We tumbled out of bed and into an auto rickshaw for the 40 or so minute journey. It was a bit chilly so we thought to ask the driver to turn the heater up…but then we realized that rickshaws don’t have heaters…they also don’t have walls or windows either, but oh well, nothing like a 60km/h headwind to wake you up in the morning. The departures terminal of Delhi airport is pretty decent, it has foot massaging machines and free wifi (if [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 5th 2009 | 97 Views | [diary=458391]

Flying into Kathmandu
View from our rooftop
City from our rooftop

By Spuddastud
November 29th 2009
Krazy Kathmandu! Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamel
Well People, sorry I haven't updated this on a while but I was nearly going to give up on it all during the last month. All will be explained in time. My first thought when I got into Kathmandu was 'What the fuck happened this place?!' The infrastructure of the place was shocking. Dusty dirty pot-holed roads, power lines hanging above peoples heads and wot-not, I know there was a war going here but that was fought mostly in the mountains. Going to have the keep the wits about me in this place I was thinking, going to have to look [View Full Entry]

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By mjist
November 25th 2009
Kathmandu Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu
Beth and I are in Kathmandu after a quite long plane journey. We left on Monday morning by catching the bus up to Sydney where we were met by Beth’s aunties, Sue and Reet. We had lunch at the airport, and after a long while we boarded the plane. We had got exit row seats which were great, and the a380 was a lot of fun in that it was such a big plane. Beth and I had vegetarian and Hindu meals respectively, which was rather excellent. We watched a few movies that we had neglected to go see at the [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 25th 2009 | 121 Views | [diary=455713]

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By Matt and Birgit
November 24th 2009
Kathmandu Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu
Kathmandu greeted us with a culture shock as expected. Getting the visa for Nepal at the airport was fairly straightforward, however once out of the airport we were very pleased to have organised a ride to our hotel. As we walked out of the airport hundreds of people tried to grab our bags, offering the ‘best’ deals for taxis and hotels. The traffic is crazy. There appears to be no road rules with people driving anywhere on the road to get to there destination quickest (the only rule is to beep your horn) and competing with cows, rickshaws, bikes and people [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 1st 2010 | 38 Views | [diary=464097]

Swaynabhunath (Monkey Temple)
Kathmandu
Asan Tole Markets

Having met up with Jan and Dan..the tandem cyclists....and I was sure that was the end of my wonderful coincidencental meetings. But on my last night in Kathmandu I went to a Thai restaurant...Yin and Yang....which was great!...but as I sat there Ian and Kristen from England who I had met several days earlier just before crossing the Pass...at the truly rustic/disgusting?..Jimi Lodge....walked in! Great fun as we got caught up and traded stories. I was reading a great book while doing the Annapurna Circuit....called "Annapurna" by Maurice Herzog. It was written in 1952 after he led the [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 138 Views | [diary=454127]


By alannagazelle
November 17th 2009
Kathmandu Update Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamal
Hey Guys! I am in Kathmandu! I managed to give myself food posioning the day I got here, so this blog is slightly delayed. Silly me, I thought if my stomach could handle anything in China I could eat salad in Nepal. How wrong I was! Anyway all better now :-) So a recap of what has happened between Lhasa and here. After nearly two weeks in the car, 4 days in Lhasa was a welcome relief. The first 2 days were free days and I enjoyed sleeping in, taking hot showers and walking around the Bangkor area. The area is [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 17th 2009 | 84 Views | [diary=453808]


By DanandNat
November 16th 2009
Nepal Trip Starts... Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu
Just a quick post to say that we arrived in Nepal with no problems. We spent a couple of days in Kathmandu before flying to Pokhara to start our trek. We are in the second day and so far it has been amazing. Tomorrow morning we get up early (5am) to climb for views of the entire Annapurna range. So far we have survived the drop hole toilets, cold nights and having one shower every two days! We are currently at 2,800 metres, our final height will be 4,200 metres at Annapurna Base Camp... fingers crossed our legs and lungs hold [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 117 Views | [diary=454114]



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