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There's a one eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu

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December 15th 2017
There's a one eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu There's a little marble cross below the town There's a broken hearted women tends the grave of Mad Carew While the yellow god forever gazes down J Milton Hayes My dad used to recite this to me when I was little, so the name of Kathmandu always sounded interesting to me. The approach to the airport was "interesting", I swear th ... 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