People offering flowers to the river

Tibet tour starts

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October 24th 2005
Having met up with my group of Tibetan travellers on the previous night, we all headed off on a trip to a Hindu temple on the outskirts of Katmandu called Pashupatinath with a tour guide. It was the first cremation that I'd seen and I shall try and not show you too gory a picture. As ever with temples there were some massive monkeys these ones had rather big teeth and some cool looking holy men. ... 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