P1010002

Gone Native

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January 30th 2009
Jeskeko… Our period of intensive orientation is progressing very well. Each day we have had 4 hours of language training. Still though, much of what people say is incomprehensible to me, with, of course, the exception of food related expressions seeing as how we are being stuffed like fois gras geese by the program staff. Yesterday, the Nepali students properly welcomed us. They sang tradit ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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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