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Thamel - crowded streets  
   

Thamel - crowded streets

Streets share with pedestrians, cars, motercycles, rickshaws, bikes
Thamel & Durbar Square

April 26th 2010
April 25th and 26th Thamel & Durbar Square The hardest part of this is the poverty. Nepal is one of the poorest countries on the globe. They receive $4B in US aid (60% of its development budget) & over 30% of its population lack basic food. Many don’t have electricity or running water - and for those that do there are frequent power outages, as power is rationed (my “guest house” has a ... read more
Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Durbar Square

Nepalese Flag 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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