Pipal tree at Lumbini, birth place of Lord Buddha

On the road to Lumbini

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April 8th 2008
Manu had decided it was to be an early start - supposedly to avoid the early morning traffic getting out of Kathmandu. Obviously it wasn't early enough as we spent the next TWO hours sat in a traffic jam!! We would cheer as the coach inched forward a metre and propose visits to yoga classes, hair salons etc to relieve the tedium! But eventually we painfully made our way to the cross roads - t ... 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