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Kathmandu and Bhaktapur

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November 5th 2016
The road from Chitwan to Moughling is very bumpy and mostly unpaved. At the end, it intersects with the highway between Pokhara and Kathmandu, which I consider to be more pleasant to travel on than any we saw in India, even though the terrain is mountainous and full of switchbacks. Neil tells us he's travelled that road between Kathmandu and Pokhara countless times in the last ten years. Sonam too ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Bhaktapur

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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