Horse and rider, on the way to Jomsom, Nepal

Annapurna Circuit

---

May 19th 2009
The stomach problem that started yesterday continued to improve today, but I appear to have contracted a head cold as well. No fair! Only one illness at time, please. We left Muktinath at around 7:30 am and started on the journey towards Marpha, our destination for the day. The trekking has become very different in character. First of all, this side of the mountains is much drier. Secondly ... read more

Asia » Nepal

---

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