View of Kathmandu

Kathmandu

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July 30th 2007
Arrived in Kathmandu after spending longer going through Varanasi airport than we had in the air. Their system was completely done by hand and involved dozens of different forms to be filled in things to be stamped bags to be checked and double checked, and one old man, in the middle of the whole thing slowing everything up completely. I think people like him were the reason computers were invente ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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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