The deepest gorge in the world

The chatterbox

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October 22nd 2007
I made a friend today. I didn't want to. Really, really didn't want to. But I wasn't given much of a choice in the matter. I had just finished having lunch with the Brits in the village of Larjung, but my tiny mushroom "pizza" wasn't enough to keep me going, so I popped into a store and bought a bag of sour cream and onion chips. I was shamelessly shoving the chips into my mouth when I met h ... 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