Enjoying breakfast by the lake in the sun

To the Bat Cave! (Pokhara, Nepal)

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January 23rd 2008
(Matt) The bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara was supposed to take 6 hours, the journey took us over 13 hours because coming in the other direction, about ten cars ahead of us, a truck hit a minibus which in turn crashed into a wall hitting a school girl and damaging her legs (she went to hospital and was ok). Perhaps the strangest thing from a western point of view was the reaction of the villager ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

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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