Country Roads, Take Me (Away From) Home

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
One thing I have always learned about developing countries is that the worse the cities are, the more beautiful the country side is, or at least seems to be. Tourists shelling out the cash for a plane ticket to Nepal will take the couple of days or so...

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No Charge: Power Issues in Kathmandu

Friday, May 15, 2009
To imagine what load-shedding means, just picture yourself in a city with running water and electricity that functions about one third of the time. When a power outage occurs in the west, people will go, WTF? Okay, so something was short circuited, whatever. Flip the damn thing back...

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A Prime Minister No More

Thursday, May 07, 2009
A few days ago the Prime Minister of Nepal announced his resignation. I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Maoist government is on the verge of collapse. And it is not so much the Maoists themselves who brought this upon them, but quite possibly a...

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