River Rapti

Royal Chitwan National Park

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December 1st 2009
30th Nov - 2nd Dec We departed Kathmandu early to travel to Chitwan National Park in the south of Nepal. We were to spend two nights on the outskirts of the park, in a town called Sauraha. Unfortunately due to a tax dispute between the lodges inside the park and the government, all the lodges inside were not open. After a six hour bus journey through some small valleys (not quite of the ... 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