goodbye Nepal

saying goodbye to Kathmandu

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May 9th 2008
My last full day in Kathmandu was probably one of my hardest emotionally. Sushila and I started the day off by doing the final 2 interviews with sex workers. Our first one was a 20 year old woman with a 7th grade education. She is working in a massage parlor where customers pay Rs 600 per hour for the massage (of which she got Rs 150), and then Rs 300+ for sex (of which she got Rs 150). She said s ... 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