View from Thorong La

Annapurna Circuit

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March 17th 2010
The Annapurna Circuit is a 210km walk around the Annapurna region of the Himalayas in Nepal. It has been billed as the World's greatest walk for many years and manages to combine lush valleys, pine forests and Nepali villages, with some of the world's giant peaks, snowy passes and beautiful high level tea houses. We set off aiming to finish our trek at the 140km mark at Jomson where a road has ... 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