AUTHOR'S NOTE
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AUTHOR'S NOTEWhen I visited Nepal in 1958 I flew into the happy valley of Kathmandu but the difficult, dangerous road over the mountains to India was still in use. An easier one was opened the following year.
I loved this intriguing, beautiful little Eden, and its attractive, smiling people, especially the Ghurkas. I stayed in one of the exquisite Palaces built by the family of the all powerful Prime Ministers, talked with the ‘Living Goddess’ who was a little girl of six, and visited monks from Tibet who blew their long brass trumpets for me.
It is impossible in Nepal – the roof of the world – not to believe in the supernatural, in the legends with which the country abounds and to be aware that the breathtaking Himalayas hold spiritual secrets as yet unknown to the Western world.
The references to Sir Brian Hodgson and to Nana Sahib are all correct.
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