Government Elephant

Sickness, Strikes and Safari!!

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February 19th 2008
Well, where to start really? We’ve had quite an eventful week! We left for Chitwan National Park on Thursday morning (6.30am start!). The 5 hour bus ride was not the best thing to experience that early in the morning, for Sarah at least! That's where the sickness started. We travelled on a Tourist Bus, which made the journey slightly better - there were no locals crammed inside the bus or on ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan

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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