Hong Kong botanical garden

Travelling

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May 6th 2009
I arrived at Kathmandu at a little after 9 pm local time, capping off 33 hours of travel. My flights took me from Seattle to Vancouver and then Vancouver to Hong Kong where I had a ten hour layover. The layover turned out to be a bit of a bonus because I was able to leave the airport and take a train into downtown Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a bustling city tucked between the ocean and a series o ... 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