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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. To be updated

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By Rae2942Jay
August 5th 2006

Bungee Success

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

well well well... we went to the bungy jump and we lived to tell the tale - it is the second highest jump in the WORLD!!!! so jason went off head first dive style with straps only on his feet (still dont know how ppl can do that?!) and then rachel - who hates roller coasters mind you, nevermind heights did the swing - which falls for longer, has a harness around your chest and legs, and lets you go feet first.... it took her about a half an hour (not really, but maybe...) to jump, but everyone was impressed i [View Full Entry]

By Panchenko
August 4th 2006

Bandipur?

Asia » Nepal » Patan

Got up early having suffered form a fever all night going through hot sweats and cold chills, still wasn't feeling good. Got to the Bus Station and asked for Bandipur, about a three hour journey away from Pokhara. Two and a bit hours on after our first stop I asked the driver how long to Bandipur, 20 minitues he said. 40 minutes later I asked if we were near Bandipur, 'yes yes, Baktapur, Kathmandu', he said, 'no', I said 'Bandipur, not Kathmandu', I showed him on a map, he replyed 'yes yes mid way point'. 'How long', I said, '1 hour', [View Full Entry]

By Rae2942Jay
August 3rd 2006

A VERY detailed update

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

soooo... it has been quite awhile and we apoligize for that - our days were both very long for the past 2 weeks - jason got moved to a different school bc his other school was having exams and then a week of holiday so instead of getting home at 2pm he wouldnt get home until after 4pm. we also took 14 hours of Nepali lessons over the last two weeks - it was a lot of fun, the teacher was great, we joked around with him all the time - it has also been helpful as you could imagine, people [View Full Entry]

By Panchenko
August 2nd 2006

Kathmandu to Pokhara

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

Kathmandu
Crazy mask

Gez's last night so we went out a few drinks, me a few too many cause i felt pretty bad in the morning. Got up early though on the day of Gez's plane back to England and met up with my friend Tom I met in India who had arrived and did a little bit of shopping. Picked up about 300 developed photos of our journey together so far cause they are only about 6 pence per photo, a few crazy masks from this awesome shop that was full to the brim with hundreds of masks stacked up on each other. [View Full Entry]

By yaron and hagit
August 1st 2006

Eating a Chapati and Relaxing - Part II

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

Phewa lake

this week we spent a whole week doing the same thing we did last week in Kathmandu (nothing much) this time on the side of a lake at Pokhara. the only thing that changed is that we added one activity - complaining that we are doing nothing for 2 weeks. Pokhara is even more relaxed then Kathmandu surrounded by a lake on one side and green mountains on the other. there are also supposed to be large mountains above but the Monsoon clouds, that hang all day long, make seeing the mountains nearly im [View Full Entry]

By CU260507
July 31st 2006

Mukti Nepal - Week 3

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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Nicolle & Pema at Mukti, Panipokhari, Nepal

Tuesday passed by with a couple hours at Cyber, then we had some visitors sent to Mukti from the US Embassy, which is located just around the corner. There was an older man, originally from Hawaii, who is now travelling around Asia & who reminded me of Father Christmas. He entertained the kids with a bit of dance & song with his harmonica & we chatted briefly about his love of children & how he would like to open his own orphanage one day. Our other guest was a Swiss lady who had just adopted a Nepali baby. I am not [View Full Entry]

By Panchenko
July 30th 2006

Adventure Sports

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamal

Mountain biking
At the top of the mountain, arriving at our hotel 5 hours after we started the ascent.

Got a bus to our rendevous point to meet our instructor and boat. Wasn't too impressed when we saw the boat, it was patched up with 20 odd patches all with old flaking glue over it. they attepted to blow up the boat and it deflated imediately. So we called for the backup, which was even older but didn't deflate as quickely, which was a good sign. We brought the pump with us so we could pump it up every hour and off we went. Rafting for a day in Nepal was awesome, the river was high because of the monsoon [View Full Entry]

By Panchenko
July 26th 2006

Kingdom of Nepal

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamal

Nepal Gaylord Ice Cream
These two have obviously turned gay from their first taste of one. It must be that Kwality taste.

Darjeeling was nice but rainy and the supposedly amazing views Mount Everest and some other incredibly large mountain were covered by clouds. Anyway we watched our first Hindi Film called 'Corprate', got the jist of it but it was in hindi. Next stop Nepal!!! Arrived at the border hoping to change money, there were three banks but no one accepted dollars, sterling or even my Sterling and US dollar travellors cheques for some reason, they said come back tommorrow, what difference does that make I said, they gave me the same answer. Well the bus ride was 1000 rupees each and [View Full Entry]

By Rae2942Jay
July 26th 2006

hello!

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

hi everyone!!! this one is going to be short - but just wanted to say hello! we went to Patan Durbar Square and Kathmandu Durbar Square which means Palace Square. We basically saw a lot of temples and the old and new royal palaces. we even got to see the living Goddess Kimara, which we can explain about in more detail later. This weekend we might fly to Pokhara (but its a little expensive) or go to the Last Resort to bungie jump at the 2nd highest bungie jump in the world (Rachel is very hesitant about this, but Jason wants [View Full Entry]

By CU260507
July 24th 2006

Mukti Nepal - Week 2

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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Pema at Mukti, Panipokhari, Nepal

Tuesday was fairly uneventful, except I was so determined to get out for a while that I walked to Cyber in the pouring rain, failing to notice the power was out, so I had wasted my time! We did have some visitors in the afternoon & the children put on a display of traditional Nepali dancing to entertain them. Pranod is a Nepali Anthropologist who speaks English & fluent French as he lived in Paris for many years. Alexandra works for an Italian adoption agency & has been sent to Kathmandu to open a new office. She will be here for [View Full Entry]

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