"The flaming stick dance of Tharu!"

I think I'm turning Nepalese

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October 7th 2006
Well - a full two weeks since my last blog - did you miss me??!! I can hear the distant sound of tumbleweed rolling through cyberspace....! I had a fun journey into Kathmandu from Darjeeling which involved a 5 hour taxi ride back down the mountains (had the car to myself - slightly more comfortable than my 13 people to one jeep experience on the way up), to the border town of Kakarbhitta, throu ... 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