Himalaya
Day 56: Kathmandu

Forestry conservation has been a big success since local people were given their own areas of forest to administer, the hydroelectric programme, building of roads, water improvement projects. All give him hope.
'And,' he concludes, 'Nepal's press has never been freer.'
We're turning into the bus park below the walls of Bhaktapur.
'The Prime Minister has been sacked, parliament is in limbo, but the press is free.'
The day that started promisingly is growing grey and gloomy as, having paid our $10 fee to enter the city, we climb up the steps and in through a narrow, rose-brick gateway.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Himalaya
- Chapter: Day 56: Kathmandu
- Country/sea: Nepal
- Place: Bhaktapur
- Book page no: 127
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