Nick's Pleasure Ride

Making New Friends in Hetauda

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March 21st 2011
Sunday 2-20 to Saturday 2-26 We left the cold and altitude of Kathmandu for the warm foothills of Hetauda, a more rural district capital south of the KTM. But before we could get there, we first had to traverse those hills in quite a perilous jeep ride. Thank goodness our driver was actually a slow, cautious driver because it seemed like everyone else in oncoming traffic was driving like a bat ... read more

Asia » Nepal

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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