Boat trip Pokhara

Nepal. Why would you go anywhere else.

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October 29th 2008
We were glad to get out of india for a month to the relatively relaxed kingdom of Nepal. The border crossing went smooth, apart from some dodgy shopkeepers and scams involving currency exchange - we skittled their plans and took our precious rupees with us. So we took an overnight nap in the frontier nepalese town of birawara and slapped on luxurious amounts of deet and went for the full body ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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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