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Lobuche East

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April 18th 2007
After the kayaking we had a day to sort ourselves out in Kathmandu and get ready for the next trek - a two week trip into the Everest (Khumbu) region to climb a peak called Lobuche East. We headed off on the morning of the 3rd to get a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla (you can do a walk to Lukla from a place called Jiri, but it would have taken to long) and what a flight it was. The plane fits m ... read more

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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 in... ... read more