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Kathmandu at Last!!

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November 26th 2005
We finally arrived in Kathmandu earlier today and checked into our room at the Kathmandu Guesthouse. I think it is one of the nicer places. We are all very tired from a quick and nerve-racking, face-paced, crowd strewn, busy, intense, motorcycles almost hitting us... walk. Colorful signs crowded the walls while hawkers surrounded us with calls of "Only two hundred rupees!" Women in their colorf ... read more

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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