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a brief escape to nepal
no paul went on a good country to go to for your first big expedition so to speak would be nepal . what do you think nathalie oh yes that would be perfect she replied enthusiastically . we flew there for a few days when we were in india and stayed in kathmandu and darjeeling . i loved it . just midway between the extremes . a series of clichs passed in front of my minds eye mount everest the annapurna the paradise of the hippies in the seventies the fierce gurkhas of the british army . this was not enough to form an opinion of that country . and definitely not enough to motivate me . when a bookish student follows his friends advice and embarks on a journey to far off nepal things are bound not to go according to plan . etienne livingstone offers here more than a voyage of self discovery . he gives us a perceptive glimpse of what was until very recently the last hindu kingdom on earth
paperback bright pen 2009 isbn13 9780755211227 isbn10 0755211227
abridged n isbn 13 9780755211227 number in series 1 number of pages 332 publisher bright pen release date 62135769600000