Gokyo, Nepal

Life at 17,000 feet

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March 22nd 2001
Gokyo, one of the three adventure destinations for this area, is another small town built with rocks and corrugated iron roofs held down by stones. What makes it really interesting is that it's planted next to frozen "Lake 3" at the foot of Gokyo Ri hill and under a ridge whose back half is sliding into the Ngozumba Glacier. The glacier looks like a lunar surface, rocks and dust covering unimagina ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Himalayas

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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