Pokhara Sunset

Breaking into Nepal - Strike action

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May 5th 2010
Charter Flight Finally it was time to leave our beloved India, and head north for Nepal and the mountains..... We boarded one last overnight bus from Varanasi for the border town of Sunauli. We arrived as the sun was rising over a strangely quiet border post, taking our packs on cycle rickshaws, we were ushered to a sleepy Indian official who, with beedie smoking, grunted and stamped ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

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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