a brightly painted Sadhu

The Living Goddess

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January 21st 2008
It’s not everyday you meet a living goddess, but I did today. However, we’ll come to that later. I arrived in Nepal after taking three separate planes from Singapore. I left Kathmandu airport and got off to a bad start by having a furious argument with the taxi driver. The airport cabs take pre-paid “taxi coupons”, and when I bought mine I told them I was staying at Via Via Cafe. They wr ... 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