En route

Daley Thompson and The Promised Land!

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April 8th 2007
Namche! Namche! Namche! After a predictably cold night we left Pheriche at 8.30am bound for Namche Bazaar. Most of the going was down until we got to scene of awfulness (and interestingly the amorous French couple's grubby liaison) THE WORST LODGE IN THE WORLD, Paradise Lodge at Deboche. The climb from Deboche to Tengbocke is super steep and as breakfast was now hours ago, extrenely hard with ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Namche

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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