Porter with Tibetan prayer stones

Porters carrying this much are an unfortunately common sight in the mountains. Porters lug firewood, food, building materials and pretty much anything else up the trails. I have yet to see a porter carrying a pool table on his back, but I have no doubt it's been done before.

Happy Trails

May 17th 2006
Before going to Lumbini, thanks to our dodgy travel agency in Nepal, we finally got air tickets from Kathmandu to Lukla, gateway to the Everest region. The guys at the agency were so funny. When we used their calculator to figure out how the ticket cost per person and the USD/Nepali rupee exchange rate, it kept giving us the wrong figure. We finally realized those guys rigged the calculator so tha ... 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

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