Forest letting off some steam

Day ???? I think it's Friday

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August 22nd 2008
Today was interesting, i wanted to know how i would deal with the heat, the steep hills, the sudden downpours and anything else unexpected. True to form i pointed myself in one direction and walked. 3 hours later i was going off my map so i had to turn around, but what a walk; i had gone past a forest reserve where the government in their haste had not considered the locals' need to collect firewo ... 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