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| Halfway between Janakpur and the Nepal-India border the bus blared its horn and swerved to the right, not unusual behaviour in this part of the world given the number of potholes and slow trucks that need to be overtaken. |
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| In Kathmandu I floundered, suffering from a lack of motivation that I hadn't known since Bangkok, and yet again the reason was the same: I was getting bored and wanted to get into India. |
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| The return to civilisation from the Annapurna Circuit came as a shock. Burning through the last few days of the 21-day trek, Bob and I managed to arrive in Pokhara on the evening of Wednesday 22nd April after experiencing the first inclement weather of the trek. |
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| A lone white man ambles through the square, looking lost in the way that only tourists can manage. Durbar Square is bustling, but in his mission to take in the atmosphere he's committed the ultimate sin and the touts aren't going to miss a minute. |
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| Nepal,
a country of amazing extremes is the home of the world’s highest mountains,
historic cities and the forested plains where the regal tigers and the armor
plated greater onehorned rhinoceros trundle at ease. |
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| Welcomed to the only living Walled City of Nepal. Built in 1380 AD, by the first King of L, Mme Pal, the walled city still
stands as a testimony to Lo-Manthang's prosperity and rich culture heritage.
The wall, which is 2472 feet long and 26 feet high, has a series of 14 towers
along its periphery. |
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| Nepalis one of the poorest countries in the world. It suffers from corruption; its
economy is in a sad state; human rights are violated here. Tourism plays a
significant role in the country. Nepalis rather popular with professional travelers and bag packers. |
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| Nepal,
draped along the spine of the Himalayas, is bordered by Chinato the north and Indiato the south, east and west. For a relatively small country, the Nepali
landscape is uncommonly diverse, ranging from the humid terrain in the south to
the lofty Himalayas in the north. |
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| Situated at the Terai plains of the southern Nepal,
Lumbini is the place where Siddhartha Gautam, the Shakya Prince and the
ultimate Buddha, the Enlighted One, was born in 623 BC. The sacred place,
marked by a stone pillar erected by Emperor Ashoka of Indiain 249 BC, is listed as one of the World Heritage Sites. |
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Flying with wings in Nepal
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