Bird's Nest Wiring - Kathmandu

Blog Entry 4 - A Day In Kathmandu

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October 12th 2014
Blog Entry 4 Today was our first full day in Kathmandu ... a city in desperate need of some infrastructure improvement. Very few roads are paved and the unpaved roads resemble the landscape of the moon, pockmarked with large craters formed by the torrential rains of the recently completed monsoon. And the electric power grid? Well let's just say it has more common with a bird's nest than ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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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