Army Day

First Report

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February 17th 2007
Arrived Kathmandu yesterday. We arrived yesterday which was one of the biggest Hindu festivals of the year - there gridlock throughout the city which was lucky since our taxi driver was drunk and the taxi had a faulty break cable! Armed soldiers were staioned on every street corner with macine guns and AK47s. After our taxi hit a van we got out and had to walk to the place we are staying at - a ... 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