The Kali Gandaki river

The wind

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October 21st 2007
Everything was calm when we started our hike. Well, aside from the fact that Claire and Sim stubbornly tried to get off the road and took an obscure trail on the opposite side of the river. Not me. Since this river bed was enormous, maybe a good mile at its widest, I only saw them as two little dots for most of the morning. It was amusing, and a little worrying, watching as they ran out of trai ... read more

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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