Day two of the trek, handing out some toffees.

Nepal, Tibet to India.

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August 13th 2012
On our first full day in Nepal I awoke in our border-town hotel in the deep, green and misty valley that led off the desolate Tibetan steppe and down into the lush and fertile land of Nepal. The hotel backed onto a heavy river of swirling melt-water that would lead us away from the desert of Tibet and into the hinterland of the Himalayas. The deep, green gorge wound slowly past, and petere ... read more

Asia » Nepal

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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