The tropics

The heat

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October 11th 2007
It didn't take long for me to lose my long hair. By the end of the first day, it was soaked with sweat from hiking in the tropical heat, and no amount of soap could coax a lather out of it. So I had Claire chop it off. Luckily, Claire was prepared. Having been traveling through Asia for months, she was used to both cutting her own hair, and to cutting Sim's. It's just so much easier to maintain a ... 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