The peaks

Trekking!

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August 1st 2009
Thursday 30th July No school today because of the strike so I asked the POD rep (who runs a rafting & kayaking company) whether there was anything else she could use me for. She had a fairly new Nepali recruit who needed more practice with conversational English so I said I would spend a couple of hours with him. He suggested taking a couple of kayaks across the lake so I had a lovely paddle ac ... 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