Heaven outside Kathmandu...

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October 11th 2007
After 2 weeks of the smog and noise in Kathmandu, I decided it was time to venture out of all the chaos. There is really only so much you can take of the dirt, crowds, beggers, horns and traffic. My first adventure was to The Kopan Monastery. I trekked along a hill side mountain bike path for about 2 hours. I was pleasantly surprised to find such lush pine forests and an abbundance of rice f ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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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