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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 Where the hell are Catherine and Matt
January 23rd 2008

To the Bat Cave! (Pokhara, Nepal)

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Angry villagers brandishing sticks block the road by the crashed minibus

(Matt) The bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara was supposed to take 6 hours, the journey took us over 13 hours because coming in the other direction, about ten cars ahead of us, a truck hit a minibus which in turn crashed into a wall hitting a school girl and damaging her legs (she went to hospital and was ok). Perhaps the strangest thing from a western point of view was the reaction of the villagers where the girl lived. They chased after the truck and threw stones at it smashing all of the windows, this was very exciting as I'd just [View Full Entry]

Enjoying breakfast by the lake in the sun

By Margy
January 22nd 2008

And so the adventure begins ...

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Gambay the Sherpa Dog!
. at my host family's home meeting Gambay for the first time! He's officially from the Himalayan Mountains! .

The Adventure Begins … The first night I arrived here, Amrit and I bought enough clothes to last for a few days since my luggage didn’t arrive with me, and then we headed back to his family’s house. I got some thick Nepali and Tibetan style sweaters all for like $5 bucks each… nice. (Side note: I met my first real-live Sherpa dog ever! Gambay, a totally cool mountain dog, was officially born and raised in the Himalayas - I thought it was so cool! ) Anyway, my Nepali language instructor’s family (to include Amrit, his brother Bikrant, Bikrant’s wi [View Full Entry]

By Jan Grove
January 14th 2008

Pokhara

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Liebe Leser, heute muss ich mich wieder einmal mit dem Tippen sputen, da in 30 min der Strom abgestellt wird. Das faengt wirklich an auf die Nerven zu gehen, da pro Tag mindestens sechs Stunden der Saft ausbleibt und zwar total unangekuendigt. Manchmal geht einfach waehrend dem Unterrichten das Licht aus und ich muss die Stunde nach draussen verlegen. Bis das geschehen ist klingels auch schon... Doch eins nach dem anderen. Ich bin am 3. Januar hier angekommen und seit dem 4. unterrichte ich Sonntag bis Freitag. Die Schule heisst "Lo-Kumphen-Amchi-School" und Schueler der Klassen drei bi [View Full Entry]

By Michelle K
January 8th 2008

tales over tea

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i had an interesting day, as one often does when lost in the middle of the mountains, meeting interesting people. i spent the afternoon walking along the lake with my big camera out, which often is an asset because people ask me to take their picture (like a little girl sitting in front of a guest house), or it serves as a conversation starter. i was in pokhara joe's this afternoon, a little coffee shop, looking through my photos from the morning. a british guy asked me if i was a photographer. we ended up having an hour long conversation about [View Full Entry]

By Michelle K
January 7th 2008

lakeside introspection

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i was ready to raise the white flag again this morning. then i got myself together, took another antibiotic, and bought a new book--Eat, Love, Pray--that was recommended to me by 2 friends who thought i would love it. i cannot put it down, except to look at the mountains. we arrived in pokhara late yesterday afternoon after a jarring ride on the luxury "tourist" bus. it wasn't all that bad, really, considering what you could get in Nepal. but 6 hours on a bus that feels almost as bad as the taxi rides in kathmandu with seats that are just [View Full Entry]

By mattylee
December 19th 2007

Rafting and Paragliding around Pokhara

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My Brother and I on the Kalla Gandaki

Killing Time Between Treks After hiking the Annapurna circuit, Team HAC spent some well needed time relaxing in the small (and indcredibly laidback) city of Pokhara. Compared to Kathmandu it was a wonderful place to relax and enjoy the better things in life: mainly food. We also got around to doing a couple of small activities. Ben tried out paragliding, and four of us went on a three day rafting adventure down the Kala Gandaki river. For brevity's sake I'll skip a written description and will instead let the photos tell the tale. Team HAC Goes Separate Ways We [View Full Entry]

By JeroenB
December 12th 2007

Begnas

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Begnas Tal
Uitzicht vanuit het hotel.

Vorige week ben ik 3 dagen naar Begnas Tal geweest. Dit is een groot meer ongeveer 20 km. vanaf Pokhara. Had even behoefte om uit Pokhara weg te zijn en de rust op te zoeken. Ik zat daar in een hotel bovenop een berg met uitzicht over het meer en was de enige gast daar in het hotel samen met een duitser en tsjech die in India 2 fietsen hadden gekocht en een rondreis aan het maken zijn. Eigenlijk was ik van plan om rond te gaan reizen vanaf het afgelopen weekend, maar werd ziek. Een paar dagen ontzettende buikpijn en [View Full Entry]

By brom12
December 8th 2007

Long time no blog pt 1

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Jen
This nis Jen, she was a yank from North Carolina. She was volunteering through another organisation but was in the same home as the girls, I went down to Chitwan with her.

Finally got round to it mam. I do have pics of where im living but you can wait a little longer to see them. First I'm gonna try and catch up Bandipur, Tihar, Chitwan any other random stuff then you can see my digs. Ok so Bandipur. Himalyan Encounters have a hotel there called the old inn. It's about 25 dollars a night so needless to say we did not use it! We stayed in this families spare room opposite the inn for 150 rupees a piece, 125 rupees is about a quid, its usually 126 or 127 bvut goes down [View Full Entry]

By brom12
December 8th 2007

Long time no blog pt 2

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gai tihar
Tika'ing the cow, it just wouldnt keep still and everyone was trying to get blessed by it.

Happy Tihar!! ok its a bit belated but better late than never. Tihar is the second biggest festival in Nepal after dasian, but I like Tihar loads better. Tihar has 4 main days of celbration. Day 1 thursday is Kuhkur tihar, day of the dog. On day 1 all the gos get tika'd and a garlong round their necks, special food and generally made a fuss of. I dont think i have aq pic of Jungli, our dog at HE and the prettiest dog in Nepal, she is also the laziest spending every daylight hour fast asleep then barking all night [View Full Entry]

By brom12
December 8th 2007

Long time no blog pt 3

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ox and cart
This is still modern tansport down in Chitwan

3 In A row!!!! starting to feel the pace now but claire has arrived so that should keep me going for a bit yet. Chitwan!!! Chitwan was about 5 or 6 hours driving on th 8th most dangerous road in the world!! I could and might do a blog purely about the Nepali roads! The drive to Chiotwan although hair raisng was beautiful as you hug the river about 500m avove it snaking round the mountains. Once you enter the terai (lowlands) you can look back and see youve left the himalayas far behind. chitwan was soo flat comapared to pokhara [View Full Entry]

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