Children at play

Culture shock

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August 28th 2008
On the way back to my guest house yesterday I wandered through the most important Hindu temple in Kathmandu- Pashupati. It was unbelievable, surreal and quite powerful. Soon after walking in I stood 20 feet from a ceremonial cremation and watched as a woman said some prayers and then helped to ignite the funeral pyre. Then I hang out with a ton of monkees that live there. In the hindu religion ani ... 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