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Piece of Peace

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May 30th 2016
As we ate breakfast on the roof terrace, the clouds lifted and were saw the massive snow capped peaks of the Himalayas. Quite something as we washed down some breakfast curry and chapatis. Our first morning call was to move white water rafting for tomorrow. Then we hired a large wooden canoe and paddled across the lake to take the stone steps up to the World Peace Pagoda. It was a great walk a ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Pokhara

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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