Mount Everest

Everest Mountain flight

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October 5th 2008
The first part of time in Nepal mostly involved visiting Katmandu’s Thamel (the touristic 'shopping district' of the city). But we also booked a sight seeing flight (through GVI) along the Himalayas to Mount Everest and a few sister mountains. We got up before 06:00 as our taxi would be waiting for us. GVI had told us that the taxi would pick us up, bring us to the airport, wait for us there and ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Himalayas

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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