Greeting the day

The high pass

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October 19th 2007
The porters started to stir around 3 a.m. So did we. Apparently, Claire and Sim didn't sleep at all. I didn't feel like I had gotten much sleep, either, and said so. They were incredulous. "You were snoring for hours!" they said. Oops. All of us felt like crap, though the lack of sleep was only partly to blame. The altitude was starting to give us headaches and making us feel yucky. None ... 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