forests and peaks

Nepal - Annapurna Circuit Trek 5

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May 23rd 2008
The last leg of our trek! We walked to Ghorepani, which was over 5000 feet of uphill. The landscape had changed yet again into dense rhodedendron forests. Bright pink flowers carpeted the floor and hillsides. We had another early wake-up to hike up to the top of Poon Hill, which is a beautiful spot to watch the sun rise. We could see Dhaulaghiri, one of the ten highest mountains in the world, an ... read more

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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