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Day #9 - Tengboche - a daily ritual

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November 24th 2012
Returning back to my lodge, the porters have delivered my blue holdall with the rest of my gear in it. The porters deliver my holdall into my room, and the key is handed to me by one of the guides. This marks the start of the daily ritual which is called "filling the time between the end of the days trek and going to bed". I have a routine now which for this period which is more or less the same o ... 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