Peacocks in the early morning mist

Chitwan Wildlife Reserve - Days 1-3

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November 16th 2008
After our trek anyway, we headed off dwon to Chitwan Wildlife Reserve. This is just on the Indian border and so was about a 7 hour bus ride. We figured we were pretty used to mammoth bus journeys at this stage, but when we got down to where the bus was leaving from, the bus was pretty much full and we had to practically sit on top of the driver for the first 3 hours. That's quite literally - I was ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan

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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