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Joe Blogs - Flight to Mount George

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February 1st 2012
Once upon a time, there was a little boy called George. George was born in Powys, Wales in the latter part of the 18th century and, from an early age, showed a keen interest in geography. As a young man he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery and sent abroad to India to work on the Great Trigonometrical Survey of the sub-continent. He was responsible for mapping the Himarlias and became ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu » Boudhanath

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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