Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown

Bandipur, Nepal

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May 20th 2014
Three male dogs picked up on the scent of our breakfast about a quarter of the way towards our destination. In need of human companionship and a bite to eat they followed us up the trail which undulated like a dragon's spine coming to a terminus at Smaug's 'head'; A large, igneous-rock outcrop. There we found a flat, breezy, alpine meadow shaded by tall, slender evergreens and carpeted in a thick ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Bandipur

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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