garden and pool area of hotel

We arrive in Kathmandu, Nepal

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June 6th 2011
We arrived late in the afternoon and went to our hotel, a very nice Crown Plaza catering to westerners. What we see of Kathmandu so far is that it is considerably cleaner in the streets from India. While there are a lot of people, it doesn't seem as crowded as India. After very stifling heat in India (temps 105 or higher), the weather here, around 80 in the day to 60's at night), is ver ... 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