Buying fruit for our journey to the village of Kavre near Sindhuli, not to be found on any map!

Heaven and Hell in 24 hours!

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July 28th 2010
I had promised Raju last year that when I next came to Kathmandu I would go with him to visit his family in the village of Kavre in the mountains. The nearest town that you would probably find on any map is Sindhuli. It is south east of Kathmandu and took us an hour by taxi to Banepa, then we took a big beaten up bus for about 4 hours to the village then walked for about an hour down from the top ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu Valley

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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