Goodbye Si's horrible beard

Rest day in Namche

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April 9th 2007
Had quite a snuggly night. Laughable really. You're still freezing your bits off really and by UK standards it's probably intolerable but to the hard Mountain Woman I have now become, it was really quite pleasant. Couldn't stay in bed past 6.30am however (and how often have I EVER written that sentence?!) as on some sort of massive high. Everyone else stayed in bed while I got up for breakfast ... 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