The lady sewing up my parcel

Sending a parcel in Kathmandu.

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August 12th 2014
I popped down to the Post office today to send a parcel to New Zealand. Posting a parcel in the UK is a fairly easy affair, so I thought how hard can it be in a place like Nepal? 2 forms, and as many hours later it was sent. Lets just hope it gets to New Zealand. The central post office in Nepal is a big sprawling compound with 4 or so buildings and with my limited Nepali it took me several att ... 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