Advertisement

Watching the sunrise over the Himalayas



From: Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamel

Nepalese  Flag 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]
Blog: The hunt for the elusive Nepalese shaman
Date: December 6th 2007

The wonderful thing about travel is that synchronistic events happen pretty much all of the time. It was a drab Monday morning in Kathmandu, and as I had an appointment in the afternoon, I was not too sure what to do with myself for the next few hours. After breakfast, I bumped into a German woman I had previously met at Shivapuri, and during our conversation, she told me about a well-known Nepale ... read more


Advertisement





Tot: 0.096s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 9; qc: 41; dbt: 0.0222s; 1; s:apollo w:www (50.28.60.10); sld: 1; ; mem: 6.4mb