Highway robbers
Now this a community event. Men, women, kids, dogs, everyone gets into this "charity" drive for community improvement funds. Yes, this is illegal. No, it's not enforced. Yes, they will whack a board with nails onto your tires should you try to neglect your community responsibility to provide donations. Yes, it is a humorous event. Even Ty gets into the act by offering them .50 cents worth of Chinese currency - which they gladly accept. Our guide was whaling in laughter in the back after that!
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 
