Monastery at Boudhnath

Joe Blogs - Knackeredram, Bhaktapur and Boudhnath

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January 31st 2012
First - Time Zones: Nepal is actually 15 minutes ahead of Delhi, which means that it is 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of London ! How does that work then ? I always thought that time zones were multiples of an hour ahead or behind ? It got me to thinking about timezones generally. Ignoring political boundaries for a minute, scientifically, if we consider the Earth as a sphere with a circumference ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath

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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