Candles set out during the festival

Kathmandu and Pokhara

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December 4th 2008
"Like anything beautiful or accomplished, or enduring. Anything finally worth while-it has become simple. It expresses, in an instant, so many things about the roots of life that you feel all at once like crying and dying, and living." ~An excerpt from "The Gate" by Francois Bizot This will be my final blog entry, I've enjoyed writing and appreciate the connection to home its allowed me ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Annapurna

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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