Nepal - the country, up to 60 years of XX century, inaccessible to the public, today attracts not only lovers of mountaineering, but also those who are interested in the culture of the ancient state.

communist kingdom - Nepal

Sandwiched between the two largest countries (China and India), is the most mountainous country in the world has always been a haven for the persecuted.

It Nepalis have brought to China and Tibet teachings of Siddhartha - Buddhism. The founder of modern Nepal was Prithvi Narayan Shah, during which board (1742 - 1775 gg.) Cities of the Kathmandu Valley today acquired image. From 1975 to 2007, Nepal was a country with a constitutional monarchy. In this case, since 1994 the prime minister held a Communist Man Mohan Adhikari - and this in a country where the king was considered the embodiment of God on earth.However, after the death in 2001, King Birendra and his family in the country began a period of instability ended in 2007, the proclamation of the republic.

between the ice and jungle

On the border between Nepal and China is the world's highest mountain - the majestic Mount Everest, whose height is 8,848 m. But Nepal is striking not only for its "eight thousanders" - the stunning scenery and colorful lifeinvolve local residents here thousands of tourists from around the world.

high mountains have formed in Nepal temperate, tropical monsoon climate with an abrupt change of the natural landscape. The country, whose length from north to south is only 200 kilometers, as if squeezed between the icy silence of the Himalayas and the hot tropical jungle on the border with India.Uentralnye regions of the country are cut by the valleys of mountain ranges, which differ exclusively favorable weather conditions. The mountains are dotted with numerous terraces, where from time immemorial been cultivated rice. To win in the mountains a place for planting. forests on these terraces were cut down long ago.Above the piedmont zone, located at an altitude of 2000-4000 meters above sea level, stands a giant white small Himalayas - the highest mountains on our planet.