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Nepal: Hiking, White-Water Rafting, and Elephants

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November 17th 2000
Nepal 2000 by Omar DeWitt (This is one chapter in a recently published book, The 23-Hour Day. Find out more about this book at http://23hourday.com) Sue and I joined a trip to Nepal run by Country Walkers to hike in the Annapurna conservation district. Our group, coming from various parts of the United States, was comprised of ten women and me, the token male. We met for the first time in ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan

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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