Durbar Square

Day 21 - Kathmandu

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March 20th 2009
It took 7 hours to travel the 140 kms from Chitwan to Kathmandu,which gives you an idea of how steep and windy the journey was, the views were pretty amazing though - there's some big mountains here!! On arriving at the bus station there was the usual swarm of taxi drivers and I ended up sharing a taxi with a nice young French girl who I ended up going with a drink with later that night. She w ... 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