Swayambunath

Dashain 2014

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October 7th 2014
For the Nepali festival of Dashain I have a 2 and a half week holiday and finally a chance to explore Nepal a little further with Wend and Alan visiting. The first thing we noticed as Dashain approached was the arrival of enormous bamboo swings throughout Kathmandu, all surrounded by children. As we travelled to Chitwan, Pokhara and Bandipur we saw that these swings (all to pretty much the same de ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan

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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