Indian family portrait 2

Happy Birthday Buddha

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May 14th 2006
We decided to leave Kathmandu for a few days. We wanted to see a festival in Nepal and were excited to learn that the Buddha’s birthday was on May 14. We figured that Lumbini, which is Buddha’s birthplace, would be a great place to go. We took the public bus down to Lumbini because it was the cheapest way. Like most bus trips in developing countries, the bus ride to Lumbini was a hot all-day ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Lumbini

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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