Mt. Everest.. height of 8,848 meters. To give it a little perspective, height of Mt. Hood = 3,429 meters. Also, height of Base camp = 5,200 meters, and at night, the temp. dropped to about -4 degrees celcius.
Final Blog August 20th 2006 Hey everybody..
Hope everyone has had a great summer.. Before i head back to the real world in a few days (after buying some last minute trinkets in Kathmandu and Bangkok on my way home), i just wanted to share my last blog with all of you.
This summer has been truly amazing.. and was perfectly topped off by my time here in Nepal and Tibet. As you can see from the pictures, Kathmandu, Lha ... read more
Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Thamal 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