Traffic jam

The long way home

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November 17th 2007
A 12-hour bus ride. A 20-hour train ride. A 9-hour plane ride. A second 9-hour plane ride. It all added up to one very long trip home. By the time I got here (yes, I am home, finally!), I had spent four full days traveling, using all methods of public transportation known to man: taxi, bus, cycle rickshaw, hired Jeep, train, auto rickshaw, another train, another taxi, plane, shuttle ... read more

Asia » Nepal

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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