Changing scenery

Varanasi to Kathmandu

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December 6th 2005
This 20 hr bus journey (10hrs by jeep, overnight in a hostel and then 10hrs by bus) was my first real long distance bus ride. The military prescence is strong in Nepal even though there is a cease fire at the moment with check points everywhere - I even noticed 3 snipers hiding out in an abandoned concrete building at one point! ... 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