Nepal - Annapurna Circuit Trek - Local Farmers

Darjeeling & The Beginning of the Annapurna Circuit

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December 21st 2009
Hi Everyone. Long time no update! The last time we posted an update we had just finished in Bangladesh and were heading back into India. To keep it brief, we visited the Gorkhaland territory of Darjeeling overlooking the Himalayas. This place is famous for tea and our first mission was to see some tea estates and have a look around a factory. The place we chose - Happy Tea Valley - was 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