Claire and Sim at the top of the hill

The beginning

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October 10th 2007
It was a long walk through the village to get to a trail, including a stop at our first checkpost, where our Annapurna permits were checked and stamped, and our names entered into a book. A chart on the wall showed that the vast majority of people hiking in the region were French, followed by Israelis and British, with only 300-something Americans having hiked in Annapurna last year. We're a tiny ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Annapurna

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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